In this episode of ‘How To Make It’ Lin Mei sits down with who will be our first reported billionaire on the platform, Hex, crypto currency founder Richard Heart! AS Lin continue on her mission to help prove sports, music and the entertainment industry in general are not the only options we have to make it out of the hood or be successful. This brand new series will see Lin shine a light on successful people who come from humble beginnings but found their success outside of the typical entertainment industry route.
This interview sees Richard Heart address some of the rumours surrounding his name as he breaks down his journey, from being able to read at age 3, being within the top 2% of hight IQ individuals to becoming a self made millionaire and retiring in 2003 and much more. However, Richard is quite adamant that some of his natural advantages weren’t necessarily the attributes that helped him become successful.
Heart, also coming form humble beginnings, grew up in America with his parents, unable to afford dental care and having to sell his possessions in order to gain access to it and other regular everyday necessities.
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