Yahoo pays 17-year-old Nick D'Aloisio about $30 million for Summly. The Web giant also gains someone who truly thinks and lives in the mobile world.

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Nick D'Aloisio has become one of the world's youngest self-made… (Nadine Rupp, Getty Images )

SAN FRANCISCO — Meet Nick D'Aloisio, the 17-year-old British entrepreneur who just sold his popular news-reading app to Yahoo Inc. for close to $30 million, instantly becoming one of the world's youngest self-made millionaires.
It's the classic Silicon Valley success story of a young software prodigy striking it ridiculously and improbably big. But this time the spotlight is shining on the other side of the pond.