Five years ago, Tucker Findley was failing in school, struggling with his severe learning disabilities and a neurological condition. As a result, he couldn’t read, write or even count past 10.
Now he’s thriving with a six-figure career in selling memorabilia — and more — online.
Tucker’s journey all started with a golf ball: When he was 9, he was playing with friends near his Sterling, Va., home, where the water flows downstream from two golf courses.
“I found golf balls everywhere,” Tucker tells PEOPLE. He collected them, cleaned them up and then listed them for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
They sold quickly — 2,000 in three days — and Tucker, now 14, poured his profits into buying more. Then he demonstrated his entrepreneurial spirit by hiring friends to find and clean the balls at 5 cents a ball and soon purchased a kayak to assist in the search for …