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15-Year-Old Boy Turns School Bathrooms Into A $56,000-A-Year Sweets Empire
Kids these days are clearly aiming a lot higher than making a couple bucks at the lemonade stand. 15-year-old London schoolboy Nathan John-Baptiste went from selling a few chocolate bars out of the boys’ bathrooms to selling flats full of sweets and pop across 3 schools – and raking in over $1.2k a week doing it.
The North Londoner, who has now been dubbed the ‘Wolf of Walthamstow,’ would post his daily ‘menu’ on Snapchat, take orders, and make the exchanges at lunch time each school day. By selling each product at only 50 pence (cents) a piece, a deep discount against store prices, he became innundated with customers, and started making upwards of £230 (~US$295) per day. Deluxe suits, lavish dinners out, and trips to the top of the Shard (the tallest building in the UK) have all become a part of Nathan’s lifestyle.
Had the entrepreneurial teen continued his operations, he would’ve brought in £43k (~US$56k) by the end of the school year, but his venture hit an unexpected setback. School staff found out about his burgeoning business – which, by then, was active in 3 schools with the help of 11 ’employees’ – and promptly put a stop to it. Though Nathan was discouraged, he still has his eye on millions in the future. “I would like to become a stock broker… And in property, 100 per cent,” he told the Daily Mail. You win some, you lose some, but at least this ‘Wolf’ has a winner’s ambition.
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Meet Nathan John-Baptiste, a 15-year-old London schoolboy with a taste for success
Image credits: Nathan-John Baptiste
The young entrepreneur has been raking in almost $300 a day selling sweets and pop out of school bathrooms
Image credits: News Group Newspapers Ltd
He built his client base by posting daily ‘menus’ on Snapchat, selling store-bought goods at bargain prices
Image credits: Nathan-John Baptiste
Image credits: Daily Mail
The ‘Wolf of Walthamstow’ was on his way to making over $56k a year, until school staff shut him down
Image credits: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Though this venture didn’t work out, Nathan’s flair for the finer things in life drives him forward
Image credits: Nathan-John Baptiste
With million-dollar dreams of becoming a stock broker, his dinners at the Shard are sure to continue on
Image credits: Nathan-John Baptiste
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Martina Procházková 7 years ago
OK, but where did he get the goods at such a low price in the first place?
Martina Třešková 7 years ago
Exactly my first question when reading. He would have to be getting them even for cheaper or for free to make a big profit while charching so little.
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Francisco Montoya 7 years ago
Some people are just born to be business people. I would have been the kid getting high on his own supply. Sell one bar. Eat one bar. :D
Kristen Hdz 7 years ago
So why does this behavior get praise, while other rule-breaking behaviors get punishment? I would be concerned about this child's priorities if I were a parent or school administrator. He is TOO focused on that one thing; seems like he doesn't really care how he gets the profits, he just wants money. What kind of s**t value system is that?
Liezel de Vos 7 years ago
Um... Actually I think he's onto something very clever here (this coming from someone studying education). This kid was teaching himself to become an entrepreneur, as opposed to being taught how to be a labourer. Schools teach kids how to get a job, not how to make them, which is economically not viable in this day and age where jobs are scarce. More kids should be taught how to run their own businesses. If he has a flare for entrepreneurship, let him run with it. Obviously he did it in the wrong place, but it's still a better skill to have than being taught things that aren't going to be relevant in the real world.
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Helping Panda 7 years ago
Stock broker and winner's ambition, eh? I believe in this kid! If he puts his mind to it, he could be responsible for the next economic crisis!
darknessIsMyOutfit 7 years ago
I had a friend of mine doing the same thing at of is Locker when I was growing up although he never ended up getting shut down mainly because no one ever caught him I have high hopes for this kid my buddy is pretty successful hopefully he will be too
jevais 7 years ago
This young man is just brilliant. At least he is not selling drugs, but sweets. So what is wrong with this? He is far more mature than most adults as far as I am concerned. Perhaps those who criticize him are just jealous. Hope that is parents are proud of him. So many kids now days still live with papa and mama way until their 30's. At least this young man will be self-sustained and will able to pay his way through University.
Potato Panda 7 years ago
In my school, kids would get detention if they sold candy or anything at school. Why is he getting praise rather than punishment like any other kids?
Death Metal Kitty 7 years ago
Same logic as "A single death is murder, a million is a statistic".
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Allana Rose 7 years ago
You know this kid is going to go far in life. If he is already thinking like this at his age, imagine where he will be after schooling/education!
Nikki Williamson 6 years ago
See, I use to get in trouble for selling foods N snacks in school.. they said it was against school policy..m
Washingtonian 6 years ago
And the school shut it down, of course the idiots who couldn't do it themselves got jealous.
Parmeisan 7 years ago
Is nobody else thinking of Artie Geller from "No Coins, Please"? That suit just cements the connection in my head. nocoins.jpg 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Coins,_Please
Jessica Stohr 7 years ago
I'm surprised people were happy to buy food from the bathroom! XD Also, how is he getting all the food there? Must be a lot to make $300 a..
Jessica Stohr 7 years ago
day! And is he using his parent's money to buy it so it's pure profit? If so, it's less impressive! XD
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Allie Orona 7 years ago
I don't think he's doing something wrong. If he wants to go into business, in this day and age you have to do something very special and get experience somehow - so why not start your own small one? After all, job requirements are ridiculous.
Annemarie Elshout 7 years ago
i see energy drinks....great........not!!!!....energydrinks are extremely unhealthy. i would have be one of the parents that will file a complain at the schoolboard! yeah hate me if you will
Annemarie Elshout 7 years ago
and jamie Oliver tries to make the children eat healtier choises
beat my yeet 7 years ago
eh, this guy doesn't seem like a misogynistic bigot.
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Annemarie Elshout 7 years ago
no i dont like it....and did he not go to classes....and why sugar sugar sugar ....my child does not get money to school, just his one lunchbox with healthy food fruit and drinks. (milk , water etc)
Diane Cinca 7 years ago
He'll go far :-) But why sweets and sodas ? Each time you see someone doing a lot of money, it's with unhealthy stuff :-/
Olivia W 7 years ago
well would you buy a bunch of lettuce from the school bathroom? Of course there is a farmers market. But no secondary school (high school) kid wants to spend their own money on healthy stuff.
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Helping Panda 7 years ago
It's probably a reference to the Wolf of Wall Street.
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pum cal 7 years ago
The school would stop this because it's illegal to sell anything without a license, let alone without permission of the premises on which he is selling.
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Martina Procházková 7 years ago
OK, but where did he get the goods at such a low price in the first place?
Martina Třešková 7 years ago
Exactly my first question when reading. He would have to be getting them even for cheaper or for free to make a big profit while charching so little.
Load More Replies... Francisco Montoya 7 years ago
Some people are just born to be business people. I would have been the kid getting high on his own supply. Sell one bar. Eat one bar. :D
Kristen Hdz 7 years ago
So why does this behavior get praise, while other rule-breaking behaviors get punishment? I would be concerned about this child's priorities if I were a parent or school administrator. He is TOO focused on that one thing; seems like he doesn't really care how he gets the profits, he just wants money. What kind of s**t value system is that?
Liezel de Vos 7 years ago
Um... Actually I think he's onto something very clever here (this coming from someone studying education). This kid was teaching himself to become an entrepreneur, as opposed to being taught how to be a labourer. Schools teach kids how to get a job, not how to make them, which is economically not viable in this day and age where jobs are scarce. More kids should be taught how to run their own businesses. If he has a flare for entrepreneurship, let him run with it. Obviously he did it in the wrong place, but it's still a better skill to have than being taught things that aren't going to be relevant in the real world.
Load More Replies... Helping Panda 7 years ago
Stock broker and winner's ambition, eh? I believe in this kid! If he puts his mind to it, he could be responsible for the next economic crisis!
darknessIsMyOutfit 7 years ago
I had a friend of mine doing the same thing at of is Locker when I was growing up although he never ended up getting shut down mainly because no one ever caught him I have high hopes for this kid my buddy is pretty successful hopefully he will be too
jevais 7 years ago
This young man is just brilliant. At least he is not selling drugs, but sweets. So what is wrong with this? He is far more mature than most adults as far as I am concerned. Perhaps those who criticize him are just jealous. Hope that is parents are proud of him. So many kids now days still live with papa and mama way until their 30's. At least this young man will be self-sustained and will able to pay his way through University.
Potato Panda 7 years ago
In my school, kids would get detention if they sold candy or anything at school. Why is he getting praise rather than punishment like any other kids?
Death Metal Kitty 7 years ago
Same logic as "A single death is murder, a million is a statistic".
Load More Replies... Allana Rose 7 years ago
You know this kid is going to go far in life. If he is already thinking like this at his age, imagine where he will be after schooling/education!
Nikki Williamson 6 years ago
See, I use to get in trouble for selling foods N snacks in school.. they said it was against school policy..m
Washingtonian 6 years ago
And the school shut it down, of course the idiots who couldn't do it themselves got jealous.
Parmeisan 7 years ago
Is nobody else thinking of Artie Geller from "No Coins, Please"? That suit just cements the connection in my head. nocoins.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Coins,_Please
Jessica Stohr 7 years ago
I'm surprised people were happy to buy food from the bathroom! XD Also, how is he getting all the food there? Must be a lot to make $300 a..
Jessica Stohr 7 years ago
day! And is he using his parent's money to buy it so it's pure profit? If so, it's less impressive! XD
Load More Replies... Allie Orona 7 years ago
I don't think he's doing something wrong. If he wants to go into business, in this day and age you have to do something very special and get experience somehow - so why not start your own small one? After all, job requirements are ridiculous.
Annemarie Elshout 7 years ago
i see energy drinks....great........not!!!!....energydrinks are extremely unhealthy. i would have be one of the parents that will file a complain at the schoolboard! yeah hate me if you will
Annemarie Elshout 7 years ago
and jamie Oliver tries to make the children eat healtier choises
beat my yeet 7 years ago
eh, this guy doesn't seem like a misogynistic bigot.
Load More Replies... Annemarie Elshout 7 years ago
no i dont like it....and did he not go to classes....and why sugar sugar sugar ....my child does not get money to school, just his one lunchbox with healthy food fruit and drinks. (milk , water etc)
Diane Cinca 7 years ago
He'll go far :-) But why sweets and sodas ? Each time you see someone doing a lot of money, it's with unhealthy stuff :-/
Olivia W 7 years ago
well would you buy a bunch of lettuce from the school bathroom? Of course there is a farmers market. But no secondary school (high school) kid wants to spend their own money on healthy stuff.
Load More Replies... Helping Panda 7 years ago
It's probably a reference to the Wolf of Wall Street.
Load More Replies... pum cal 7 years ago
The school would stop this because it's illegal to sell anything without a license, let alone without permission of the premises on which he is selling.
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