11-year-old with an entrepreneurial spirit launches his own car detailing business

Jabre Dutton.
(Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/NBC 10 Philadelphia)

Jabre Dutton has only been in business for about a month, but he is already planning big things for Jabre's Car Cleaning Service.

The 11-year-old Philadelphia resident launched his car detailing business in August, after he told his mom, Sabrina Dutton, that he wanted money to make in-app purchases for his favorite game. She talked to him about credit, and Dutton told ABC 6 that's when he decided "to start taking my money very seriously."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.