From Son of a Pimp and an Orphan to Successful CEO with JeVon "JT" McCormick

22. From Son of a Pimp and an Orphan to Successful CEO with JeVon "JT" McCormick

How does the son of a pimp and an orphan with the name of a Scotsman, living impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a corporate hero and leadership scholar? How can you be empowered by your story - and not defined by it? And why is achieving the American dream not always a reason to be proud of where you came from? 

Welcome to The StoryPowers Podcast, the show about the power of stories, the people who tell them and why you should be doing it too. I’m your host Francisco Mahfuz.

My guest today is JeVon "JT" McCormick. 

JeVon shouldn't have succeeded. He was born the mixed-race son of a drug-dealing pimp father and an orphaned, single mother on welfare.

He was raised in the slums of Dayton, Ohio, suffered incredible abuse and racism, and had multiple stints in the juvenile justice system. He barely graduated high school and has no college degree.

But none of that stopped him becoming the President of two multimillion-dollar companies.

Currently, JeVon is the President and CEO of Scribe Media.

You can find him on jtmccormick.com. 

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I'm a keynote speaker, author, public speaking and storytelling coach. You can connect with me on LinkedIn, where I post daily (or as close to that as real life will let me), and on storypowers.com. You can also check out my book "Bare: A Guide to Brutally Honest Public Speaking" on Amazon.