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Charlie Kirk went from a college dropout to building a $92 million-a-year political movement with a direct line to President Trump by 31

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Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, died on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

The conservative activist was speaking into a microphone at Utah Valley University, sitting beneath a white tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong,” when he was fatally shot. 

The attack comes just days after the start of the trial of a man charged with attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump—and Kirk’s reach was so vast that it was the president himself who announced his death.

“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, later adding that he was ordering all American Flags throughout the U.S. to fly at half-mast until Sunday evening. 

It underscored the power Kirk had amassed in such a short time. At just 31 years old, he was already a political force with a direct line to the White House and a $100 million-a-year movement behind him. Trump had credited him with mobilizing the youth vote that propelled his 2024 victory, frequently hosting him at both Mar-a-Lago and the Oval Office.

Kirk dropped out of college to found Turning Point USA at just 18

Born in 1993 to a counselor mother and an architect father in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Kirk grew up in a conservative household with dreams of joining the military. As a teenager, he was an Eagle Scout who set his sights on West Point, the US military academy that trains officers. 

In a 2015 speech to the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley, he said getting into the Army was his ‘No. 1 dream in life’, but implied he was rejected for being a white man.

But that rejection became a sliding-doors moment that launched his political career. Instead of joining the Army, Kirk began dabbling in politics—volunteering for Illinois Republican Mark Kirk’s (no relation) Senate campaign while still in high school. 

He then wrote his first opinion piece for right-wing outlet Breitbart against what he called the “indoctrination” of liberal textbooks, which led to his first media appearance on the Fox Business channel at the age of 17.

From there, the speaking engagements started rolling in, and that’s how Kirk met his future mentor and cofounder, Bill Montgomery, who convinced him to dropout of college and go all-in on activism. Together, they co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012, when Kirk was just 18.

What started as a shoestring campus operation snowballed into a right-wing powerhouse. With backing from Republican donors like Foster Friess and Home Depot co-founder, Bernard Marcus,Kirk built Turning Point into one of the fastest-growing conservative nonprofits in America. 

A political powerhouse with millions of followers

Today, Turning Point says it has a presence in more than 3,500 high school and college campuses nationwide—and its revenue, per tax filings, has skyrocketed from $4.3 million in 2016 to $81.7 million in 2023. When combined with its political-action arm, Turning Point Action, that figure tops $92 million.

And as the non-profit’s popularity has surged, so too has Kirk’s. In his mid-20s, he became the youngest speaker at the Republican National Convention in 2016 and just two years later made Forbes’ “30 under 30” list. 

By 30, he had become a household name in conservative circles, impossible to ignore despite stoking frequent backlash. He was both celebrated and criticized for accusations of spreading conspiracy theories on COVID-19, climate change, and the 2020 election, as well as anti-trans rhetoric.

But his influence was undeniable: Across social media, he had a huge following with more than 8 million followers on TikTok, 8.9 million on Instagram, 5 million on X and 3.8 million on YouTube.

His podcast, The Charlie Kirk Show, has also built a large following—some reports suggest it’s downloaded between 500,000 and 750,000 times each day—and it consistently charts in the top top on Spotify and Apple. Meanwhile, several books to his name, including the 2020 best seller “The MAGA Doctrine” and many speaking appearances, helped cement his status as one of America’s highest-profile conservative activists.

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