[10] He attended Bainbridge High School and participated in debate, baseball, basketball, soccer, football, tennis, cross country, and track.

[11] He received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point but chose to attend the University of Chicago, after being offered a scholarship.

[13] During college, Nance worked odd jobs including splitting wood, landscaping, roofing, and painting houses.

[14] While a junior at the University of Chicago, Nance was elected Student Government President and earned the 2010 Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

[18] In October 2008, Nance, Shashin Chokshi, David Chen, Morgan Hartley and Ted Gonder established the "American Investment Fellows" club at the University of Chicago, what would go on to become Moneythink.

[10] He has crossed some of the world's major rivers[14] including the Nile (Egypt), Thames (UK), Seine (France), Douro (Portugal), Huangpu (China), Moskva (Russia), and Jordan (Israel).

He has also swum the Persian Gulf, Aegean, Andaman, Marmara, Mediterranean, and East and South China seas.