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

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02/08/2023 GMT

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

BBC World Service - Outlook, How’d you get so rich? A dream to change my family’s fortune

Reggie Nelson knocked on the poshest doors in London and asked a million-dollar question

Inspired by Joan Rivers and scripture, Londoner Reggie Nelson knocked on doors in the richest part of town and asked a million-dollar question

Reggie Nelson grew up on a London council estate in a British-Ghanaian family that struggled with alcoholism and money worries. After a brush with the law at a young age, he found direction through his faith and then, as a teenager, being signed to play professional football.  

But a sudden loss meant he had to quit playing and look for a more stable career to support his family. Inspired by his sister’s favourite reality TV show he set out on a mission to discover exactly how people got rich. So he knocked on doors in the most affluent area of London to put the question. A number of chance encounters that day took him on a whirlwind journey. 

Reggie's autobiography is called Opening Doors.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Reporter: Tommy Dixon 
Producer: Tommy Dixon and Maryam Maruf

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(Photo: Reggie Nelson. Credit: Sama Kai.)

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