Young Cory Nieves was in kindergarten, and he realized how much he hated taking the bus to school. In order to solve that problem, he began selling hot chocolate at his friend’s restaurant to save up money and buy his mom a car so she could drive him to school. Then he expanded his hot chocolate empire by adding cookies to the menu. Initially Cory struggled making cookies that weren’t too hard or soft. Eventually Cory mastered the perfect cookie and people began taking interest. Due to the increased demand and health concerns, they moved the business into their house and then finally a commercial kitchen in 2012. This allowed them to mass produce the adored cookies and sell them nationalwide.

Started when he was just 6 years old, Mr. Cory’s Cookies is now a huge success. One reason his cookies are so popular is that 75% of the ingredience are organic with no preservatives. They also pitched the business on the show “The Profit” and managed to get a $100,000 investment. Their product has been on the shelves of huge retailers in the US like Aetna, Barney’s, Bloomingdales, Citibank, Macy’s, Pottery Barn, and Whole Foods. It is estimated that Cory now has a net worth of $1 million, which means he accomplished his mission of making enough to buy his mom a car, so he doesn’t have to ride the bus. Although, he is a little too old for riding the bus now.