Janine Grainger wants to inspire the world to work better

The 2023 Hi-Tech awards’ most inspiring individual attributes her success to aptitude and opportunity. (Image: Hi-Tech Awards)

Ben Moore

Fri, 30 Jun 2023

Janine Grainger, co-founder and chief executive of Easy Crypto, is a high school dropout in more of a ‘fun fact’ way, where it was a single data point during what was bound to be a life of success.Living in Onehunga and then Epsom (ironically so she could be in the zone for the school that she left), Grainger had a mostly stable and traditional upbringing with a mum, a dad, and two brothers.Still, as a 15-year-old girl, it takes some nerve to say to your parents that you’ve had enough education for now, thank you very much, an...

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