User:Taraborn/richmen
Self-made men/women
[edit]I'm looking for a list (the longer, the better) of people that made a fortune out of almost nothing, can somebody help me? Thanks. --Taraborn (talk) 19:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- Many successful rappers such as 2Pac came from ghetto poverty to a self-made millionaire. Acceptable (talk) 19:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- Category:Dropouts has some, but they're mostly entertainers. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Alan Sugar, Bill Gates (although he was from a wealthy family) and Richard Branson spring to mind. — Matt Eason (Talk • Contribs) 20:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- So we're looking for a list with people like John D. MacArthur, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 21:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- Add Sam Walton. (Gee, is there a U.S. bias to this list?) Here's a more global list which might interest you: [1] Dforest (talk) 21:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'd also include Michael Dell. Useight (talk) 23:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
- OK, if you want some antipodean names, try Sir Fletcher Jones, Alan Bond, Sir Keith Murdoch and Reg Ansett. -- JackofOz (talk) 00:32, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- Does "no entertainers" also exclude writers? J.K. Rowling was on welfare when she was writing the first Harry Potter book. Now... see the article. --Anonymous, 06:00 UTC, March 2, 2008.
Check the article on Madam C.J. Walker. Corvus cornixtalk 06:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- I would add Hugo Chávez, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Suharto. All were born into extreme poverty yet became extremely wealthy through their entrepreneurial approach to national governance. --M@rēino 06:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- Anita Roddick of the Body Shop is a good read, especially the book. Julia Rossi (talk) 09:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)