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The KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

ALI KITINAS, 18 Founder of Freedom Scrub and One Two Many

marie claire: You were Australia’s youngest CEO. Tell us about founding your first business at 11.

Ali Kitinas: My first business was called OTS Marketing, and it was a small social media agency. Being young and growing up on social media, I had a lot of my mum’s business colleagues asking me, “Can you help me with Instagram? I have no idea how to use it!” So I thought why not turn it into a business and help startups that don’t have a lot of money and can’t hire a bigger agency?

Then at 16 you became the founder and CEO of Freedom Scrub. What was your inspiration for

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