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Youngest CEO: Harli Jordean sets world record

LONDON, UK -- Harli Jordean, 8, from Stoke Newington, London, has been running his successful website marbleking.co.uk for two years, selling tubs of the glass toys to £599 limited edition Duke of York solitaire tables - setting the world record for the Youngest CEO, according to World Records Academy (www.worldrecordsacademy.org).

Harli Jordean, eight, is the world's youngest CEO, having turned his love of marbles into a money-making phenomenon.

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 tycoon 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, to help him buy some more from the internet.

After struggling to find what he wanted online, Harli begged her to start his own webiste and within months, orders were flooding in from around the world.

A simple tub of marbles at Marble King goes for £7.99 pounds ($16.40), while a limited edition Duke of York solitaire tables can set you back £599.

In an interview with The Sun, his Mum, 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.