For me it's now about inspiring the younger generation that anything is possible

OLLIE Piotrowski spent his teenage years cycling an hour to work earning £20 a day as a roofer to scrimp and save enough from his job to buy his first property.

- DIANNE BOURNE

Developing and reselling his first terrace house that he bought for £30,000 would set into motion what has now become a £2m-a-year property business.

Now Ollie, who grew up in Chorlton, is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of his investment and property development company Pinnacle Holdings and he's reflecting on exactly how he got to where he is today.

Ollie did it all without family money or direct access to investors at the start - instead teaching himself and learning the hard way how to become a successful entrepreneur

His business has seen him build new homes and consult on a collective portfolio of £500m worth of investments.

Ollie now lives in Lancashire with his fiancee, Trafford-born Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter, and appears in her new ITV documentary series Drama Queens which started this week. He will be seen working on some of his property projects in the show, as well as his side project as co-owner of the Transpire leisurewear business.

He now hopes to inspire other young people that 'anything is possible! Ollie says: "A lot of my own backstory was imposter syndrome, so really for me now it's about inspiring the younger generation of how anything is possible. I started from the small stuff, went on to massive stuff and now I've been all around the world. I've never really spoken about my business before - but I'm 35 now, with two kids, planning on getting married, so I feel like now is the right time to try and push and inspire the next generation.

"When I was growing up there was no real support, the education system doesn't drive people to be entrepreneurial. Unless you have a family that will back you with that, then how do you even get to that point?