A man who quit school and became homeless at 15 is now a multi-millionaire.

Simon Squibb didn't have it easy when he was sleeping in a stairwell as a teenager.

But now the 49-year-old is a self-made man after starting his first business – a gardening firm.

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He's invested in more than 70 companies after spending 20 years in Hong Kong where his company Fluid was born.

Then in 2015, Simon sold Fluid to global accounting giant Price Waterhouse Coopers for loads of money.

Simon now runs HelpBnk, a networking app where start-up founders can swap tips.

His website reads: "Simon is the founder of the world's first Help2Earn system, a platform that helps people learn how to start and scale a business for free while those that help get paid.

"Simon's mission is to help 10million people start a business of their own, and fix the education system."

The entrepreneur also shares business tips on Instagram, where he boasts 375,000 followers.

On there, his bio reads: "Making dreams happen #GiveWithoutTake. Help, Learn, Earn at HelpBnk!"

He recently bought a disused four-storey stairwell like the one he used to live in.

Simon plans to turn it into a rent-free office space for start ups.

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He told The Times: "It just captured my imagination.

"I thought of my first business, a gardening company, while I was sleeping in a stairwell when I was 15 and I was homeless.

"I kind of think this is the height of craziness when a staircase is now being sold off.

"The worst outcome will be that we just make this our walk-in office, where we can meet people and they can tell us their dreams."

Previously, a lad quit school at 16 to launch a business from his parents' garage.

Rob Dance, 40, quit school after completing his GCSEs where he got Bs, Cs and Ds in 10 subjects.

He went onto pursue a career in technology because he had a "thirst for problem solving".

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