How’d you get so rich? A dream to change my family’s fortune

你怎麼变得如此富有?一个改变我家境的梦想

Lives Less Ordinary

社会与文化

2025-02-10

39 分钟
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Reggie Nelson grew up on an East London council estate in a British-Ghanaian family that struggled with alcoholism, domestic violence and money worries. After a brush with the law at a young age, he found direction through his Christian faith and then, as a teenager, being signed to play professionally for Woking Football Club. Following his dad's sudden death on Father's day in 2013, Reggie had to quit playing football and look for a more stable career to support his family. Inspired by words from the Bible "seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" and his sister’s favourite reality TV show 'How'd You Get So Rich?' starring Hollywood comedian Joan Rivers, Reggie set out on a mission to discover exactly how wealthy people got their money. He headed to one of London's most affluent areas, Kensington and Chelsea and started knocking on doors, boldly asking residents his million-dollar question. A number of chance encounters that day took him on a whirlwind journey involving; cash, an Aston Martin and the door that would take him on a path to a dream career in the world of finance. Reggie's autobiography is called Opening Doors. He spoke to Tommy Dixon in 2023. Presenter and producer: Tommy Dixon Editor: Rebecca Vincent Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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  • I walked across the road and I saw a gentleman with an Aston Martin.

  • And I asked him, what skills do you possess that's allowed you to for this car?

  • His advice was to study hard in school, get experience abroad if I can.

  • Like genuine, genuine hard work.

  • After the conversation,

  • I walked off and then he pulled up beside me in his car

  • and poured out like a wad of cash from his side pocket and gave me £40

  • for asking him the question.

  • Wow.

  • Yeah, I was £40 richer in Kensington walking around.

  • But asking people on the streets wasn't working, so I decided to go and knock on people's doors.

  • As a teenager,

  • Reggie Nelson decided he wanted to change his family's fortunes by asking anyone he could one simple question.

  • How do wealthy people get so rich?

  • It was a quest motivated by some time in a jail cell