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Financial Success
Knocking
his way
to the top
R
eggie, 22, grew up in
a tough council estate
in Woolwich, East
London. ‘I didn’t have any
positive role models growing
up. There was no one that I
saw and thought, “Yeah, when
I grow up I want to be like
them.” My parents didn’t get
along, I didn’t have much of a
bond with my sister and I was
average at school. I didn’t have
much going for me back then.’
Reggie joined the Victory
Youth Group (VYG) — the
youth group of the Universal
Church — which played a big
role in who he is today.
‘Being in the VYG helped me
steer away from a bad path;
I wasn’t necessarily a bad
person, but where I grew up
made it really easy for me to
go down a bad path. The VYG
kept me busy with things to
do. Messages like “you can
do it”, “you are good enough”
and “you can achieve it”
Reggie Nelson
reached national
fame earlier this
year when his
rag-to-riches story
came to light. The
lesser known side
of the story is that
what inspired him
were the teachings
at the Universal
Church through the
Challenge of Faith.
were helpful because they
were things I wasn’t hearing
outside.’ Price offered him a mentorship
and gave him work experience
at his firm.
It wasn’t long before Reggie
attended the main services in
the church, where his faith was
challenged to go for his dream. One of Reggie’s biggest
achievements to date was
meeting the Prime Minister,
Theresa May, to discuss the
‘Race at Work’ charter. At
22 years old, he can speak
about what many couldn’t
even imagine. Reggie’s story
is a reminder that anyone can
achieve their dreams.
Reggie Nelson
I took on the
challenge and
went for it’
‘I believed I could do this. How
can someone else believe in me
more than I believe in myself? I
took on the challenge and went
for it’. That’s when he had a
bold idea: to go to London’s
wealthiest boroughs, knock
on doors and ask people what
they had done to amass their
wealth. One of the doors he
knocked on was that of a senior
executive, Mr Price. After
hearing Reggie’s story, Mr
Reggie with Prime Minister Theresa May