At just 14, Fraser Doherty, a Scotland citizen, managed to begin a lifelong career of entrepreneurial and philanthropic success. His career began with him selling cakes and other small edible items to members of his community while also donating the proceeds to Greenpeace. Later on, he reconfigured his grandmother’s jam recipe so that it would be made using 100% fruit. He named his company SuperJam and immediately went to market to see if it would be a successful business venture. After he began this entrepreneurial endeavor via selling his product via various means, he then realized it would be difficult to keep it on the shelves due to the high demand for organic and low sugar products in today’s food industry and marketplace. This did change, however, when, at 16, Doherty presented his idea to a company of the name Waitrose Limited. Not only did this decision place SuperJam on the map as well as the shelves of kitchens internationally, but it also allowed Doherty to go on to become one of, if not the, youngest supplier to a major supermarket ever.

Since then, SuperJam has gone on to sell millions of jars through thousands of supermarkets around the world while also continuing to donate to charity. Doherty has set up hundreds of community beekeeping projects as well as free tea parties for his fellow citizens of Scotland. Both ventures have allowed him to strengthen his community while also allowing people to interact with nature; something Doherty has been doing since he was 14.

For his many entrepreneurial and philanthropic efforts, Doherty has been commended by both the Prime Minister at Downing Street as well as His Royal Highness Prince Charles.  He was also awarded a medal for services to business by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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