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WHAT do North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, United States Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have in common?
They are all captains in their fields. And they are all millennials.
Widely defined as those born between 1981 and 1996, the collective term "millennials" has long been a byword for the younger generation and is often loaded with derision. Australian property tycoon Tim Gurner famously said millennials could afford homes if they gave up their $19 avocado toast (a mistaken assertion, if Mr Gurner actually did the math).
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