As a teenager, Kris Ely spent many years around the wrong crowd of people that made questionable choices; A crowd he found himself with after his father's death. Everything changed on June 5th, 2020, when Kris nearly died after being stabbed at a party protecting his friends. After recovering, Kris decided to change his life and began looking for multiple ways to make money, leading him to open up his own construction business by age 22. He is currently the owner of the Hustleman Podcast, a platform he created to teach people of all ages how to find unconventional ways to make money and change their lives.