A millennial entrepreneur has reeled in millions from her success as a fitness influencer, but now shes making bank and paid her rent through another unlikely source: a gas station. Recommended Video Australian fitness mogul Kayla Itsines has built an exercise empire over the past decade, amassing 15.6 million Instagram users tuning into her content. The influencer first tasted success with her 12-week Bikini Body Guide (BBG) fitness programa business model she cofounded and bootstrapped, which launched her to self-made millionaire status at just 22 years old. The serial entrepreneur then rebranded the venture to a personal training platform Sweat App, which garnered an online community of 50 million members. And just six years later, Itsines sold Sweat to fitness platform iFIT for a whopping 400 million. Many might expect entrepreneurs who sell their companies for millions to retire early and live entirely off the fortune from their sale. But Itsines isnt one to rest on her laurels; instead of kicking back, the founder strategized how to make it last. She put money towards a whole host of promising venturesand one unconventional investment has become so successful that even shes surprised. The first thing that ever made me money that I was so excited that I bought was a petrol station, Itsines recently revealed during an interview with The School of Hard Knocks. And I was like, Wow. Out of all the millions of dollars, its so cool to see rent coming in from a gas station. For
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