How an American with Down Syndrome made millions

John Cronin designs and sells socks - they are worn not only by ordinary Americans, but also by George Bush Sr. and Justin Trudeau. John sends a postcard with each package, resulting in a thousand postcards a month in the fall. The colder it gets, the more orders there are. And the young man writes a letter of gratitude to each buyer. By hand.

Photo: instagram.com/johnscrazysocks

Decreased muscle tone, one of the problems with Down syndrome, it seems, is not a hindrance, says Voice of America.

“Yes, I have Down syndrome, and it has never stopped me!” John admits.

Photo: instagram.com/johnscrazysocks

23 is a millionaire entrepreneur with 8 in the morning at work. At times until 9 hours of the evening. Instead of a lunch break, he plans to shoot video for social networks.

"Hi all! Welcome to John's Crazy Socks! My name is John Cronin, and this is Harry, Leah and Lisa,” the young man says to the camera.

John and his colleagues spread happiness. Children of the sun do this best. Branded smiles are distributed on the website, crazy socks are sent by mail. At the entrance it says “Spreading Happiness”.

Photo: instagram.com/johnscrazysocks

In one out of 800 cases, nature makes a mistake: John received three twenty-first chromosomes instead of the intended pair. But if he has a pair of “freaky” socks, then there is no reason to feel out of place.

John is also the favorite - the youngest - of Mark Cronin's three sons. Two years ago, a mid-ranking official left his stable job to fulfill his child’s dream.

“I wanted to do something with my dad—something cool, something fun that dad and son could do,” John says.

According to Mark Cronin, it was John's idea: "Dad, we can sell socks! And it didn’t occur to me to tell him no. Of course we can!".

Father and son started with sketches and a Facebook page. Then we ordered a couple of samples and sent them to famous connoisseurs of this item of clothing. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President George H. W. Bush were absolutely delighted, and the evidence is on the wall.

“These are socks with a superhero who has Down syndrome. John designed them, and President George W. Bush wears these socks!” says Linda Campioni, company manager.

John's popularity began to grow, and his range began to expand. Today there are 1900 items of “hosiery” in stock. And there are 35 people on staff, and 18 of them have developmental disabilities; they never dreamed of a real job.

“I want to make sure I'm doing a good job and can help where I'm needed. I'm happy here,” says one employee.

“We just try to push the boundaries of what is possible and see small miracles every day,” admits Mark Cronin. “People are starting to do things they’ve never done before.” We recently hired two people with autism who had never spoken before. All we did was give them jobs. And we appreciate their input, we all work together and people flourish.”

Business is booming too. The son is creative, the father is the financial director of the family company. By the end of the year, Crazy John's Socks will reach $5 million in sales. But it is not important.

“We're not a traditional investment company because we don't have an exit strategy,” Mark explains. — We don’t think about growth and sales, we’re not looking for a buyer. This is a business that I built for my child so that he could have a fulfilling, meaningful life until the very end.”

Since they work together, Mark puts on new socks every morning. By the choice of the son.

“Today I’m wearing “A Big Step for Humanity” socks. It’s a walk on the moon!” Mark laughs.

6 Thousands of newborns in the US get 47 chromosomes every year and have every chance of becoming happy.

But still John was lucky a little more. With Father.

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