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Harli Jordean, sets world records academy.
Sleeping with marbles under your pillow sounds like an average 8-year-old thing to do. Selling marbles for 500 bucks a pop? Not so much.
Harli Jordean isn't your average 8-year-old apparently. The
London-based entrepreneur has turned his love for the game of marbles
into a bonafide business, selling the colored glass orbs on his website,
marbleking.co.uk, and fetching as much as 500 pounds per item (such as this limited edition Duke of York table). Harli's business is said to be bringing in thousands of pounds per year, with orders rolling in from as far as the U.S.
Before earning the title of the world's youngest CEO, Harli's parents had long been referring to him by another name -- The Marble King."Harli has been obsessed with marbles ever since he was six," his mother, Tina, told the Daily Mail. "He used to sleep with them under his pillow. The last thing he talks about before going to bed is marbles and they are the first things he mentions in the morning...His obsession became so big we started calling him the Marble King," she says.
Harli's marble mania led him to the web, where he found only a
limited selection of his beloved toy, sparking the idea to start a site
of his own.Now, with his mother and brother serving as "behind the scenes co-partners," as his site reads, Harli's on his way toward dominating the marble market, eventually becoming co-owner and even creating a branded collection of "Marble King" marbles...once he's old enough.
The World's Youngest CEO has been running the successful website – marbleking.co.uk – for two years and, when he's not playing with his friends, the tiny tyco
on spends all his spare time buying stock, handling orders and liaising with suppliers. The mini mogul spends his spare time buying stock, processing orders and liasing with suppliers for his website www.marbleking.co.uk.
The business is now turning over thousands of pounds and demand for products is so high that Harli has had to recruit help from his mum and two older brothers.
Harli, from Stoke Newington, London, said: "I like having my own company. I like being the boss."
The tiny tycoon found his flair for trading when he swapped marbles with his friends at school, reportd The Daily Mirror.
But when some older schoolkids took all his stock, Harli turned to his mum, Tina, to help him buy some more from the internet.
After struggling to find what he wanted online, Harli begged her to start his own website and within months, orders were flooding in from around the world.
A simple tub of marbles at Marble King goes for 7.99 pounds (S$16.40), while a limited edition Duke of York solitaire tables can set you back 599 pounds.
In an interview with The Sun, his mum, Tina said: "Harli has been obsessed with marbles ever since he was six.
"His obsession became so big we started calling him the Marble King - so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it.
"I never thought it would become so popular - we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times. "I helped him set up the site, but he's now trading with the world instead of just the playground all on his own, he has a hand in everything.
"As a boss he is very amenable and has his own ideas of how to do things."
The ambitious little boy now dreams of expanding his business, and has even created his own brand of marbles, which are made in China and sold on his website.
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