9-Year-Old Gets His Wish and Becomes CEO for a Day
It was another dream come true for an Ohio 9-year-old, who became a CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a day.
Adrian McKinney II was first granted a wish by the organization last summer — an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii with his family — as he recovered from a bone marrow transplant to fight his sickle cell anemia.
After the trip, when Adrian attended the Make-A-Wish Gala and met the CEO of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, Doug Kelly, another one his dreams was realized.
“I mean I always wanted to be a CEO,” Adrian told InsideEdition.com. “When I met him, he said, ‘Have you been thinking about the future for your wish?’ I said, ‘Yes. I want your job.’”
Kelly told Adrian he could have his job for a day.
“He took out his business card and crossed out his name and wrote my name there. It was pretty amazing,” Adrian said.
Adrian went into the office, gave a speech and even leading a staff meeting. He said the job really meant something to him.
Employees at Make-A-Wish said Adrian may just give Kelly a run for his money.
“It was definitely the best of the 365 days out of the year,” Ali Deters, Development Associate at the organization said. “We like to joke in our office. We kept telling Doug our CEO because he was maybe going to get his job taken much faster than he anticipated.”
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