Top 9 Rags to Riches Billionaires


Howard Shultz
Born in 1953,in New York ,he is the son of an ex-U S army trooper and truck driver .He grew up along with his siblings in the Canarsie Bayview Houses of the New York City Housing Authority.His family was very poor. He excelled at sports which was also an escape from the financial difficulties of his family. When he was awarded an athletic scholarship to North Michigan University,he became the first person in his family to go to college. His started his career working as a salesperson for Xerox Corporation. Shultz joined Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle 1982 as Director of Marketing which he later bought.The Starbucks CEO is worth $1.5 billion.

Oprah Winfrey
Born in 1954 in Mississippi, Winfrey was born into poverty .She was born to teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. Her early childhood was fraught with hardships. There were claims of rape and teenage pregnancy, with the baby dying in its infancy. The turnaround started with her interest in the media. She got a job in radio while she was still in school and at 19 was co-anchoring the local evening news. There was no looking back after that. After a successful stint as a day time talk show host, she launched her own production house. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, highest-rated talk show ever. She has a net worth of $2.7 billion.