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21 people who made a fortune after 40

21 people who became rich after 40
Vera Wang: Age 40
Donald Fisher: Age 40
Martha Stewart: Age 40
Simon Cowell: Age 42
Alan Rickman: Age 42
Samuel L. Jackson: Age 43
Barack Obama: Age 43
Sam Walton: Age 44
Henry Ford: Age 45
Jack Weil: Age 45
Rodney Dangerfield: Age 46
James Dyson: Age 46
David Duffield: Age 47
Susan Boyle: Age 48
Julia Child: Age 49
Charles Darwin: Age 50
Taikichiro Mori: Age 51
Ray Kroc: Age 52
Arianna Huffington: Age 54
Seasick Steve: Age 55
Harland Sanders: Age 73
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Taikichiro Mori: Age 51

Taikichiro Mori had his first taste of wealth when he became a real estate investor at the age of 51. In 1959, he founded the Mori Building Company, which is still owned by his descendants today. 

The business made him the richest man in the world by 1992, when his net worth reached $13 billion, according to Forbes. That's the equivalent of $29 billion (£22bn) in today's money.

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Alice Cattley

28 April 2025

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