8 Most Impressive Rags-to-Riches Stories
Bangalore: There are those people who are rich, famous and fortunate by virtue of birth and there are some others who fight against all odds to achieve massive richness and a name for themselves. Here is the story of 8 such people who keep inspiring a whole generation, reports Rediff.com.
Kenny Troutt
He’s the founder of Excel Communication, a telecommunication company that specializes in long distance phone service. Troutt is more talked about for his financing of basket ball teams, investments in horses and donation to political parties. His net worth is $ 1.2 billion.
Born to a bartender father, he supported his studies by working as an insurance seller.
Howard Schulz
The founder, CEO and chairperson of Starbucks, has a net worth of $ 1.6 billion.
Schulz was born into a poor family, his father worked as an U.S. army trooper and a truck driver. Schulz was the first one from his family to get a college education. He got a degree in communications and started his career as a salesperson in Xerox Corporation.
