Karoli Hindriks

When she was 16, she participated in a school fashion project which led to her inventing a soft reflector for pedestrians which could be worn as clothing or jewellery. Encouraged by her father, she successfully applied for a patent, becoming the youngest inventor in Estonia.^[6]

In 2006, in her role as marketing manager, she helped to establish MTV in Estonia and worked in marketing and public relations for MTV Baltics. Half a year after the launch, when she was just 23, she was appointed CEO of MTV Estonia, the youngest MTV CEO ever.^[7] From 2009, she was charged by Fox to bring their television channels to Estonia and the Baltic States.^[6] In all, she successfully launched seven channels.^[8]

In 2012, while following a graduate programme at Singularity University in California, Hindriks was inspired to found Jobbatical, a company which could connect technical and media people from around the world with those who were interested in hiring them.^[6] Founded in 2014, the company quickly grew to serve over 100,000 users from over 50 countries.^[5]

In 2022 Jobbatical pivoted from relocation platform to immigration platform and raised 11,6 M Euros to support worker migration going paperless.^[9]

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