Sometimes, you don?t know your true calling until it finds you. This was certainly the case for Eric White, 33, the owner of Zydeco Construction. The once formerly-homeless man now owns a Louisiana-based company that builds beaches in people?s backyards, and he?s making millions doing it.
When White was 15-years-old, he was homeless for about eight months. ?Growing up, things weren?t easy for me,? he told USA Today. White dropped out of school in the ninth grade and only had a second-grade reading skill. ?I could hardly even spell my name,? he said.
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Despite his lacking education, he always felt as if he understood construction. ?I knew if I worked at it,? said White, ?I could really do something with it.? He got his start working for a local construction company just to pay the bills. But later, he learned of a job opening with a Baton Rouge-based company that paid $12 hour. ?The guy that I worked for there took me under his wing and taught me about the company. Within the first six months, I was managing the team,? said White. The ambitious individual continued to work his way up with various construction companies. Eventually, he started his own company, a pool business called Cool Pools. ?That business did very well, and last year, I sold it for over a million (dollars),? he said.
Zydeco Construction was the next venture. The company builds beach-like ?swimming ponds? that are crystal blue ...