New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Meet the 29-year old who left his high paying job and started selling bagels in New York, earning $92,000 so far. Jacob Cooper, a former techie, turned his life around as he went from swapped keyboards to kitchen tools and launched his own bagel brand.

Starting his day as early as 4 am, Cooper starts rolling and baking hundreds of bite-sized pizza bagels daily at 5 am, according to a report by CNBC.

Cooper is the founder of Pizzabagel.nyc, a small business launched in January 2025 after quitting a 6-figure job in tech. Before baking, he co-founded an AI startup, serving as its chief technology officer for seven years. The company reportedly grew, and even survived the pandemic. But by 2023, burnout hit hard for Coo...