Meet The Teen Who Started A Million-Dollar Candy Business
Money|April 2019

Alina Morse is a rising confectionery star— and doing it sugar-free.

Allana Akhtar
Meet The Teen Who Started A Million-Dollar Candy Business

IN BETWEEN ATTENDING middle school and dance practice, 13-year-old CEO Alina Morse finds time to manage six employees and prep for meetings with retailers around the globe.

Morse founded her sugar-free candy company when she was 9 years old after her dad told her she couldn’t eat candy because it was bad for her teeth. Dissatisfied with that rule, Morse—who was in elementary school at the time—wanted to find a way to make candy without that rot factor.

After watching YouTube videos on how to make candy and experimenting with recipes in her kitchen, Morse now runs Zolli Candy and has the No. 1 selling sugar-free lollipop on Amazon. Morse became the youngest person ever to land on the cover of Entrepreneur, met twice with Michelle Obama in the White House, and now sells her product at major retailers like Walmart and Kroger.

Morse says she has known she wanted to be a CEO since she was a toddler. She started coming up with inventions when she was just 3 years old, keeping her business concepts in an “idea binder.” The young entrepreneur settled on teeth-cleaning candy after discovering that tooth decay is one of the most common chronic conditions among children.

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この記事は Money の April 2019 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。