Black Owned Youth Market showcases young entrepreneurs in Hamilton

Young black people here in Hamilton were getting down to business on Sunday, including a couple of young CEOs who may surprise you with what they’ve accomplished so far.

At the age of seven, Ariella Morgan may well be the youngest Chief Executive Officer in Hamilton, if not Ontario or even further.

“So, I started this when I was five and I started it because I love fashion and I like to create my own things,” Ariella said.

Ariella makes the executive decisions about what’s going to be sold through her company Bossari Kids.

She’s following the example of her sister Sariah, a 14-year-old CEO of her own IAH Beauty company that makes lip gloss for sensitive skin.

“A lot of girls and women out there have been saying that this product is actually really good,” Sariah

They’re at the Black Owned Youth Market in the library on York Boulevard to boost business, and encourage other young business people.

“We want to give them that push to let them know that they are supported by a community and also to make sure that the community knows about them as well,” Gugu Mpofu from the Black Owned Youth Market said.

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The event is for young black entrepreneurs under the age of 25.

Organizers say they’re supporting young people who might not see somebody who looks like them at their age in the business world.

“You’re creating your own path for yourself but now you know there’s a community that backs you up with it,” Mpofu said.

They say events like this are important.

“It helps bring awareness to a good thing that we’re trying to start here.”

And Sariah and Ariella have gone further, starting their own charity to help other young business people.

“We just want kids out there to know that it doesn’t matter how old you are you can do anything you put your mind to and you can be a boss as well,” Sariah

And they have the full support of their parents.

“Just seeing them doing their stuff right now and just having the adults come out and support them and saying encouraging words means a lot to these kids,” the sisters’ mother Chantell Morgan said.