Whiz Kid: Andover Student Ben White Levin Makes a Mark in Retailing

Each week, Bloomfield Patch features students doing amazing things in their schools and in their communities. This week's Whiz Kid is a rising entrepreneur.

Ben White Levin

• Age: 17
• School:
• Achievement: This fashion-forward dresser doesn't just wear exclusive items – he helps buy them from manufacturers for Revive, a five-year-old Birmingham sneaker and street style shop where he's co-manager. Aaron Cohen, the 28-year-old owner, made the Bloomfield Hills teen a partner in the business -- though a parent must cosign legal documents until he turns 18. Both men appear in a new video (below photos) by Vintage Frames Co. of Montreal, promoting ultra-limited edition sunglasses carried at the West Maple store.  
• Key to Awesomeness: Maturity, leading-edge tastes and entrepreneurial drive propel the Andover senior way past Junior Achievement-level early success. With two prominent parents, it's no surprise Levin is propelled by make-it-happen ambition. His dad, Charles Levin, was a Michigan Supreme Court Justice from 1973-96. His mom, Helene White, has been a U.S. Court of Appeals judge since 2008. The young retail manager's second cousins include U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and U.S. Rep. Sander Levin.   
  Revive's partners are remodeling a site opposite the existing store on West Maple Road, which will be renamed Revive Street when the 1,800-square-foot new location opens this fall with luxury fashions from Tokyo and Paris.

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Bloomfield Patch welcomes suggestions for students, youth groups and even sports teams who wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as Whiz Kid. Submit your nomination in our comment box below or email the information to editor Art.Aisner@patch.com. Please include all these details:

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