The claim is about Farage's personal ambition at age 18 — that he wanted to make a lot of money. While this is inherently a self-reported claim about an internal state of mind, multiple biographical sources corroborate it. After leaving Dulwich College at 18 in 1982, Farage chose not to attend university and instead went directly into the City as a commodities trader, following the path of his stockbroker father and broker brother. A biography reviewed in The Guardian explicitly states Farage became a trader "with the fierce ambition to make 'a lot of money'" — using the same phrase Farage uses in this interview, suggesting it comes from his own memoir or interviews. The BBC also notes he earned "a more-than-comfortable living" in the City before pivoting to politics. His documented career choices are entirely consistent with the stated ambition. Sources: Wikipedia – Nigel Farage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage); The Guardian – "One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage review" (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/06/one-party-after-another-the-disruptive-life-of-nigel-farage-review-the-man-who-broke-britain); BBC News – "The Nigel Farage story" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36701855); BBC News – "Profile: Nigel Farage, UKIP leader" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-20543513); The Week – "Nigel Farage: what the Brexit Party leader was doing before politics" (https://theweek.com/63016/nigel-farage-what-the-brexit-party-leader-was-doing-before-politics)