Mike Anderson was on holiday in Thailand when the tattoo removal industry was just taking off. Four months later he opened his first clinic in Australia.
"My career took a pretty unconventional path, from being a government economist to a political speech writer to a brand experience strategist and then, most oddly, to being co-founder of a gin business," says Four Pillars Gin co-founder Matt Jones.
At 29 Anna Broinowski paid $98,000 for a Coogee flat. "I'm appalled my daughter's generation could work and save as hard as I did, but never get this opportunity."
Jordan van den Berg was already making waves by posting "shit rentals" on his @purplepingers Instagram account. Then he went on The Project and urged those locked out of the rental market to take up squatting.
"It's super exciting because going to the Olympics has been one of my biggest skating goals," says Aussie teen Chloe Covell. "It's cool to think that if I was to win a medal, I could be the youngest Olympic gold medallist."
Rich Tran sported a bowl cut until he was 14 years old. Now a sought-after stylist and social media personality, his Ultrafade salons have a six-month waiting list.
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