As of 2019, Tucker Findley, a 14-year-old boy from Sterling, Virginia, still struggles with a severe learning disability and a neurological disease. Five years later, he runs a successful online business and earns six figures selling memorabilia.
Boy (14) collects golf balls in the river and sells them online for profit
His journey began with selling golf balls that he found near his home, Tucker tells People. Initial successes on Facebook Marketplace motivated him to invest more and hire friends to collect and clean the balls. “I found golf balls everywhere,” he remembers.
Tucker’s parents helped him open an eBay store after he was inspired by YouTube. “I said, ‘Dad, I want to start an eBay store,’ and he said, ‘What are you talking about?'” says the young entrepreneur.
Impressive profits despite poor calculations
Today he sells antiques, toys and sports cards across various platforms and makes impressive profits. He sold a Barbie doll for $1,000 (around 950 euros) and made a profit of $20,000 (around 19,000 euros) for 600 sports cards.
Tucker has managed to start a business despite having dyslexia as a reading disability and dyscalculia as a math disability. His mother Rebecca added: “It’s the first time he really wanted to learn when he was able to count golf balls and make a table.”
The most important thing is to find out what you’re good at.”
Tucker himself is also happy. He says, “The most important thing is to find out what you are good at and not focus on what you are bad at.”
However, Tucker isn’t the only boy making big money early on. A two-year-old artist from Bavaria caused a stir around the world this summer with his abstract paintings, which fetch up to 6,500 euros. “He prefers to paint elephants, horses and ‘sausiers’,” revealed his mother, Lisa Schwarz. He has even exhibited at Munich’s largest art fair, the “ART MUC”.
