Karoli Hindriks

Karoli Hindriks (born 1983)[1] is an Estonian entrepreneur who in 2014 founded the relocation technology company Jobbatical which she heads as CEO.

[2][3] In 1999, when only 16, she started a student company which made fabric soft reflectors for pedestrians and in 2007 was appointed CEO of the television station MTV Estonia.

[4][5][6] Born in Kohtla-Järve on 17 June 1983, Karoli Hindriks was brought up in Pärnu where she attended the local high school.

[1] 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.

[10] 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.

In 2022