{{Short description|American entrepreneur}} '''Ashley Qualls ''' (born June 4, 1990) is an entrepreneur from Detroit, Michigan. Originally as a hobby, at age 14, she started a website called ''whateverlife.com'', designed to provide free Myspace layouts and HTML tutorials for people in her age demographic, and supported entirely by advertising revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/52250/teen-millionaire|title=People of the Web – Teen Millionaire|access-date=2008-02-19|last=Sites|first=Kevin|date=2007-10-30|publisher=Yahoo! News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220145135/http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/52250/teen-millionaire|archive-date=20 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Scholz2013">{{cite book|last=Scholz|first=Trebor|title=Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=clv6PyVI5tQC&pg=PA127|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-89694-8|page=127|via=Google Books}}</ref> She used the basement of her home as her office, employing her mother and friends from school and made $70,000 in the first months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/26662438/junior-achievement-inspires-and-prepares-kids-for-success|title=Junior Achievement inspires and prepares kids for success|last1=Worak|first1=Johnette|last2=Mallory|first2=Mike|date=3 October 2014|publisher=WPSD|access-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119052411/http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/26662438/junior-achievement-inspires-and-prepares-kids-for-success|archive-date=19 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> She had earned over a million dollars by age 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/top-100-entrepreneurs-who-made-millions-without-a-college-degree-2011-1|title=Top 100 Entrepreneurs Who Made Millions Without A College Degree|last=Toren|first=Matthew|publisher=Business Insider|date=19 January 2011}}</ref>
Qualls turned down numerous offers to acquire her company including an offer for $1.5 million and her choice of any car.<ref name="Xomba">{{cite web|url=http://www.xomba.com/ashley_qualls_teenage_success |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115103026/http://www.xomba.com/ashley_qualls_teenage_success |archive-date=15 January 2009 |title=Ashley Qualls Teenage Success |publisher=Xomba |access-date=6 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2006 she paid cash for a $250,000 home in a fenced-off subdivision in the community of Southgate, Michigan. At the age of 17, she obtained legal emancipation, giving her the same legal status as an adult.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindner|first=Melanie|title=The First Million: Ashley Qualls|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/02/09/teen-millionaires-startups-ent-success-cx-ml_0211qualls.html|work=Forbes|date=3 March 2009}}</ref>
In 2007 her website had over seven million unique visitors a month and generated over a million dollars in ad revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=4417827|title=Meet the Next Generation's Whiz Kids|last=Tynan|first=Dan|date=18 March 2008|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/60278/girl-power|title=Girl Power|last=Salter|first=Chuck|date=1 September 2007|work=Fast Company|access-date=18 January 2017}}</ref>
In 2016, Qualls founded SickNotDead.com, providing resources for the chronically ill.<ref>Magar, Chandra Rana [https://networthbuzz.com/ashley-qualls-networth "Ashley Qualls Networth"] ''NetWorthBuzz''; Aug. 26 2019.</ref> She is the editor-in-chief of Lucky Soul; which helps to fund charitable causes.<ref>[http://campaigns.luckysoulusa.com/our-team/ "Our Team"] Lucky Soul.</ref>
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