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24 people who were born poor but went on to make billions

From very little to very rich
Kenny Troutt: now worth $1.4 billion (£1.09bn)
Kenny Troutt: then
Kenny Troutt: then
David Murdock: now worth $2 billion (£1.56bn)
David Murdock: then
David Murdock: then
John Paul DeJoria: now worth $2.5 billion (£1.95bn)
John Paul DeJoria: now
John Paul DeJoria: now
Mohed Altrad: now worth $2.5 billion (£1.95bn)
Mohed Altrad: then
Mohed Altrad: then
Howard Schultz: now worth $2.7 billion (£2.1bn)
Howard Schultz: then
Howard Schultz: then
Oprah Winfrey: now worth $2.9 billion (£2.27bn)
Oprah Winfrey: then
Oprah Winfrey: then
Zhang Xin: now worth $3.6 billion (£2.8bn)
Zhang Xin: then
Zhang Xin: then
Ken Langone: now worth $3.6 billion (£2.8bn)
Ken Langone: then
Ken Langone: then
Do Won Chang: now worth $3 billion (£2.34bn)
Do Won Chang: then
Do Won Chang: then
Stephen Bisciotti: now worth $4.2 billion (£3.3bn)
Stephen Bisciotti: then
Stephen Bisciotti: then
Frank Lowy: now worth $5.8 billion (£4.6bn)
Frank Lowy: then
Frank Lowy: then
Ralph Lauren: now worth $6.2 billion (£4.9bn)
Ralph Lauren: then
Ralph Lauren: then
Jan Koum: now worth $9 billion (£7.02bn)
Jan Koum: then
Jan Koum: then
Roman Abramovich: now worth $11.3 billion (£8.81bn)
Roman Abramovich: then
Roman Abramovich: then
Harold Hamm: now worth $14.1 billion (£11.1bn)
Harold Hamm: then
Harold Hamm: then
Thomas Peterffy: now worth $20.3 billion (£15.9bn)
Thomas Peterffy: then
Thomas Peterffy: then
Leonardo Del Vecchio: now worth $23.1 billion (£18.02bn)
Leonardo Del Vecchio: then
Leonardo Del Vecchio: then
Francois Pinault: now worth $30.7 billion (£23.95bn)
Francois Pinault: then
Francois Pinault: then
Li Ka-Shing: now worth $33.1 billion (£25.82bn)
Li Ka-Shing: then
Li Ka-Shing: then
Sheldon Adelson: now worth $38.5 billion (£30.2bn)
Sheldon Adelson: then
Sheldon Adelson: then
Larry Ellison: now worth $58.5 billion (£45.9bn)
Larry Ellison: then
Larry Ellison: then
Amancio Ortega: now worth $70 billion (£55bn)
Amancio Ortega: then
Amancio Ortega: then
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David Murdock: then

After borrowing $900 from a good Samaritan he bought a diner in Detroit and flipped it for a tidy profit. He used the proceeds to buy a car, drive to Arizona and started Castle & Cooke, a real estate company that grew to include Dole Foods Co, a fresh fruit and vegetable producer.
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Harriet Noble

07 September 2018

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