Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Vargas Harrison

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/29/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

NEXT GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. [NXGH]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

10007 VESTAL PLACE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33071

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001	3900000	I	* ⁽¹⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.001	26537747 ⁽²⁾	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Harrison Vargas owns 3,900,000 shares of the common stock of Next Group Holdings, Inc. indirectly through Varsatel Corporation and Comtel Direct, LLC. Mr. Vargas is the sole stockholder, sole director, and chief executive officer of Varsatel Corporation. Mr. Vargas is the sole member of CHT Holdings, LLC, which is the managing member of Comtel Direct, LLC.
(2)	Harrison Vargas became a beneficial owner of greater than 10% of the common stock of Next Group Holdings, Inc. on December 29, 2017, based upon 301,422,658 shares of common stock outstanding as of November 10, 2017 as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2017.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Vargas Harrison 10007 VESTAL PLACE CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33071		X

Signatures
Harrison Vargas		1/25/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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