Pixie Curtis from Australia is just 11 years old and has already made more money than most people will ever have. And she succeeded with a simple business idea: she started selling fidget spinners, a spinning top toy, as well as hair bows and hoops for children. In the first month she allegedly earned the equivalent of around 128,000 euros.
The eleven-year-old has now announced that she is going into "partial retirement". The decision was not easy for the family, Roxy Jacenkos, Pixie's mother told Australian news portal News.com.au. "We've spent the last few months discussing business plans for the future as a family and decided that while it's been an amazing journey that started about three years ago, it was time to refocus with high school ahead stood at the door," says Jacenkos, who works as a PR woman and brought her job to television in a reality format a few years ago. Although she did not have great success here, she appeared in the Australian reality series "The Celebrity Apprentice Australia" in 2013 and took second place.
So Pixies' mother is not an unknown face in the country - and apparently quite business savvy. If you believe Jacenkos' words, the online shop called "Pixie's Pix" is doing so well that her daughter could retire a millionaire at 15. Anyway, pixie is popular on the internet; over 120,000 users follow her on Instagram.
The family should now have enough money. Pixie's 11th birthday party reportedly cost her around £20,000. In addition, the eleven-year-old already owns a Mercedes Benz Gl worth the equivalent of around 173,000 euros. The fact that she is far from being allowed to drive the car is another matter.
According to Pixie's mother, the family intends to continue the online shop, which has existed since Pixie was born in 2011. The focus will be on children's hair accessories and headbands - "something we will continue to manage together, but with a lot less time and pressure for Pixie," says Jacenkos. The eleven-year-old now wants to "return to where it all began," as she said on Instagram. She did not reveal what she meant by that. Concentrating more on school is certainly a sensible decision.
Sources: News.com.au, Bunte, Pixie's Pix
