How a Corkman went from a Boston holiday to a €40m fortune

Jon Cronin is the Irish builder behind the Seaport development in South Boston

Jon Cronin, the man behind a large development of South Boston’s waterfront area, has several other schemes in the works.

His Cronin Group employs 3,000 people and has 20 bar venues in the city as well as its development interests. Cronin also has a stake in several hospitality venues in his native Cork.

Worth in the region of €40 million according to reports, he has been based in Boston for 23 years, since ...