He has not yet reached his 18th birthday. But Mohammed Islam, from Queens, New York, has already made a fortune estimated at as much as $72million - from trading stocks on his lunch breaks at school, according to New York magazine's Monday issue. The 17-year-old, who started dabbling in penny stocks at the tender age of nine, spends most of his breaks at Stuyvesant High School trading oil and gold futures, and small to mid-cap equities. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Multi-millionaire: Mohammed Islam (pictured in a Facebook photo), 17, from Queens, New York, has already made an estimated $72million - from trading stocks on his lunch breaks at Stuyvesant High School
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Mohammed Islam, 17, started dabbling in penny stocks at the age of nine
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He trades stocks on lunch breaks at New York's Stuyvesant High School
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Has made 8-figures trading -  rumored to be as much as $72million
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Has bought BMW and Manhattan apartment
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He cites his inspiration as billionaire hedge-funder Paul Tudor Jones, 60
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Mohammed's parents are immigrants from Bengal region of South Asia
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Student hopes to start hedge fund next year and make $1bn with friends
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On his Instagram profile, he has written: 'More money, less problems'
During his interview with @placeholder's, Mohammed revealed his biggest inspiration in the finance world has been Paul Tudor Jones.