Sign In
  • Best Buys
  • Household Money
  • Banking & Borrowing
  • Mortgages & Home
  • Saving & Making Money
  • Rights, Scams & Politics
  • Motoring & Travel
  • Investing & Pensions
  • Savings & ISAs
  • Features
  • Compare

People who got rich by accident

People who fell into their riches
Ian Lewis: at least $123,000 (£100k)
Collin Goff: $125,000 (£102k)
Sibongile Mani: $991,000 (£790k)
Kevin Lewis: $1 million (£811k)
Mason Ramsey: about $1 million (£800k)
Oscar and Lorene Stohler: at least $1 million (£811k)
Loren Krytzer: $1.5 million (£1.2m)
Philip Ozersky: $4.3 million (£3.5m)
Christine Jiaxin Lee: $2.9 million (£2.4m)
A lucky financial analyst: $4.6 million (£3.7m)
One very lucky California couple: $10 million (£8.1m)
Hui
Eric Martin: $10-20 million (£8.1m-16m)
Eva Paole: $40 million (£32m)
Charlie Ayers: $53 million (£43m)
Hadassah Peri: $61 million (£49m)
Lawrence Joseph and Thomas Schultz: $90 million (£73m)
Richard James: around $1 billion (£810m)
Zsolt and Geza Peladi: $7 billion (£5.7bn)
1 of 20
Courtesy Kagin's

People who fell into their riches

For most of us, earning megabucks takes at least some work and dedication. Yet for a lucky few, becoming wealthy was simply a case of being in the right place at the right time. Click or scroll through to see our round-up of some of the luckiest rich people in the world, from the inventor-turned billionaire who made a fortune from an accidental invention, to the maid who inherited millions of dollars by surprise.
Gallery view |
List View

lovemoney staff

11 May 2020

Features

See more on this topic

Share the love