Hopefully I'm totally wrong here, but it sounds like this 15-16 year old kid had a cool idea, and a ton of investors and angels jumped in and started running the show? I hope he doesn't get screwed out of this.
I think this is working out to be a better situation for him than doing it on his own. Since he's still in high school it's very hard to actually run a company especially one that operates in multiple states and inherently needs a lot of management to run. I'm his father and we are working hard to ensure that everything is structured in a manner that works well for everyone involved.