Building a Sneaker Cleaning Empire with Kevin Owens

In Transition Year of secondary school, Dublin student Kevin Owens launched his own shoe cleaning business - SneakerCleaner. Kevin now studying Visual Communications in college, didn’t waste a second of lockdown. He invested his free time in SneakerCleaner. They opened a location on Harcourt Street in Dublin and he has plans to expand around Ireland.


He discusses his business journey and shares his experience of being a college student over the past year.


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