Represented by Next Model Management and as an actor with AC Talent, he is the CEO and founder of an online retail website for clothing called Living Regal.

He attended Corona del Mar High School. He became friends with Madison Beer and Tatiana Maya. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona and is based out of Los Angeles, California. He has professed his love for his parents on Twitter, and his sister helped get him into modeling. He is friends with fellow model Lucky Smith, also of Next LA. ^[1]

Neels has following of over 2.6 million on Instagram.