Meet These Billionaires Who Were Once Very Poor

BANGALORE: Some people are born with silver spoons and enjoy luxuries of life. But there are people who made it big, starting from scratch to now counting billions. The road towards success is not always easy; it takes hard dedication and determination to attain those heights.

What is so different about these people, that the world today is singing their success glories? These people are perfect example to learn from and if it raises your curiosity to know more about them, here is the list as compiled by the Business Insider.

#Oprah Winfrey, Net worth- $3 billion

Oprah had the hardest early life to face and conquer. She was born to an unwed teenage mother, and while her mother looked for work she lived with her grandma. Her grandmother taught her to read at an early age.

Her world changed when at the age of 6 she accompanied her mother to Milwaukee, who found work as a housemaid. Young Oprah was repeatedly molested by male relatives and a visitor when she was all alone at the apartment.

Winfrey is best-known for her multi-award winning talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show” which was the highest rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She is dubbed as the "Queen of All Media," she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century.

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