John's Crazy Socks

Mark X. Cronin is an entrepreneur, disability inclusion advocate, keynote speaker and social enterprise leader with more than four decades of experience spanning public policy, education, healthcare management, and mission-based business. He is the co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, a groundbreaking e-commerce business launched with his son John Cronin, who has Down syndrome. Together, they grew the company into the world’s largest sock store with a mission of Spreading Happiness, creating employment opportunities for people with differing abilities and raising over $800,000 for nonprofit partners. Mark is also the founder of Abilities Rising, a growing portfolio of ventures dedicated to showing what people with differing abilities can do through
employment, advocacy, and entrepreneurship.

Mark’s deep commitment to purpose-driven innovation has earned national acclaim. He was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year and has delivered TEDx talks, Congressional testimony on disability rights, and appearances on major media platforms like CBS, PBS, Fox News and Good Morning America. With a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School and a track record of systems-level thinking, Mark brings strategic insight and human-centered leadership to every initiative. As a Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce, he champions inclusive hiring, local business collaboration, and the transformative power of enterprise to lift communities.