But suddenly this man was left without a job and without money.
Drew Goodall dreamed of becoming an actor from a very young age.
As soon as he turned 20, he was already quite familiar with acting. And because he managed to get not very big roles in the films “About a Boy” and “Focus”. In these films, Drew met Brad Pitt and Hugh Grant.
Everything seemed to be going well. The beginning of his career was quite successful. But suddenly Drew was left without a job and without money.
Drew was simply drowning in debt. He was even evicted from the apartment – he had no money to pay the rent.
For a long time he was forced to live on the street, trying to find at least some food, experiencing the cold and not the most pleasant attitude of people.
He usually slept on cardboard boxes on the outskirts of the Academy of Theater Arts in London.
It was a difficult time, he was depressed and helpless. To earn a living, he offered a simple service to passers-by – shoe shine. In doing so, he risked being punished for illegal activities.
After six months cleaning shoes, one of Drew’s clients told him that he could do his job not on the street, but at the company’s headquarters where he worked.
This moment became a turning point.
Drew finally got a job (and salary), stopped wandering. Having accumulated a small initial capital, the man thought – why not create his own company that will serve large London enterprises.
He named his brainchild Sunshine Shoeshine.
Today Drew Goodall’s company allows him to earn more than 250 thousand dollars a year. But he never forgets how his journey began.
That is why a huge part of the money earned by a man spends on charity.
But there’s something else that sets this entrepreneur apart from thousands of others: he supports a policy of hiring homeless people with special needs. About 40 former vagrants work at his enterprise.
One of them, 45-year-old Alan Walton, admits that before Drew took him in, he could not find a job for 15 years.
The reason was serious health problems. Now Alan has gained faith in himself and self-confidence, which means that everything that Drew Goodall does is not in vain.
