"You are wonderfully and carefully created. And there never will be another person like you ever again. So, dream big, believe in yourself, and believe in the almighty God because if you do, a day will come when I will see you at The Top!"
Melvin Pillay Q. Thanks for interviewing with us. Please give us your backstory and what led you to your career path. A. I was born into poverty in rural South Africa during the Apartheid era. I lived in a tin shack with five siblings. My family had to rely on prayer to get through our hardships. Yet, even with the unending
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challenges I had faced early in my life, I had my eye for success.
At age 7, I saw an airplane fly overhead, and I started to chase after the plane to take me away from poverty and hopelessness. I thought to myself, one day, I’m going to fly and never stop flying. That spark of belief led
me to manifest my dream decades later.
Growing up in such dire situations served to be highly enlightening. I understood that poverty is not the way for me, and that people would never listen to my ideas if I were poor. However, after the tragic death of my older brother, a
