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| rags to riches story of success: Rags to Riches Gail Liberman, Alan Lavine, 2010-12-21 Who wants to be a millionaire? Who doesnt? From magician to manufacturing magnate, fi nancial columnist to real estate investor, poet to college dropout, here are the profi les of 17 ordinary people who started with nothing-and became millionaires!These are stories of people who overcame poverty or in some cases middle class lifestyles to single-handedly beat overwhelming odds and achieved fi nancial success. They may not all be household names, but their stories can serve as an inspiration to us all. Praise for Rags to Riches: There are as many paths to fi nancial success as there are people who want to achieve it. This book shows that wealth is within the reach of just about anyone. -Tom Siedell, Managing Editor, Your Money The most extraordinary thing about Rags to Riches is that it affi rms how ordinary people have this tremendous, innate ability to achieve success and generate wealth if they put their minds to it. -John E Wasik, Author, Retire Early and Live the Life You Want Now Rags to Riches: Motivating Stories of How Ordinary People Achieved Extraordinary Wealth goes well beyond the quick-fi x guru guidebooks to explore effective, longterm strategies that systematically build wealth. Its fascinating, candid look at how every day, people reach their goals by turning challenge into opportunity.-Marla Brill, Publisher, Brills Mutual Funds Interactive www.brill.com A fascinating and instructive collection of biographies. -Evan Simonoff, Associated Publishedr/Editor-in-Chief, Financial Planning Now readers everywhere can discover what Palm Beach Daily News readers have learned: Gail Liberman and Alan Lavine know everything there is to know about personal wealth-how to get it and how to grow it. Gails weekly column in our paper tells affl uent readers how to manage their fortunes. This book takes a step back and tells readers, in the words of millionaires whove been there and done it, how to acquire a vast personal fortune. -Linda Rawls, Editor, Palm Beach Daily News Husband and wife Alan Lavine and Gail Liberman know money. They are syndicated fi nance columnists and authors based in North Palm Beach, Florida. Their joint columns run weekly in the Boston Herald, on America Online, and in numerous newspapers. They are frequent guests on radio and television as well as columnists for Fundsinteractive.com and Quiken.com. Alan and Gail are the authors of Love, Marriage & Money, as well as the bestseller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Mutual Funds. |
| rags to riches story of success: Thrive Jason Navallo, 2015-04-23 Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories shows the power of perseverance to achieve unbelievable success. Follow the stories of ordinary people who overcame adversity to become wealthy entrepreneurs, innovative businessmen, and famous artists, including Jim Carrey, Eminem, Vin Diesel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Charlize Theron, Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Cuban, and Jay Z. Never give up. Thrive. |
| rags to riches story of success: Rags, Riches, and Real Success Dallen Peterson, Ellen Santilli Vaughn, 2000 The first half of this book describes the founding of Merry Maids, its growth and final sale to ServiceMaster. In the second half, the author gives seven principles for real success, one that comes from serving God and people. Peterson's goal of writing this book is to inspire people to reach for success in life. |
| rags to riches story of success: Gifted Hands Ben Carson, Cecil B. Murphey, 1996 Examines the life and career of the famous neurosurgeon. |
| rags to riches story of success: The Other One Percent Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, Nirvikar Singh, 2017 In The Other One Percent, Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, and Nirvikar Singh provide the first authoritative and systematic overview of South Asians living in the United States. |
| rags to riches story of success: Connect The Dots Bansal, rashmi, 2011-12-31 Mahima Mehra did it.Ranjiv Ramchandani did it.Kalyan Varma did it. Connect the Dots is the story of 20 enterprising individuals without an MBA, who started their own ventures. They were driven by the desire to prove themselves. To lead interesting, passionate, meaningful lives. Their stories say one thing loud and clear. You don’t need a fancy degree or a rich daddy to dream big and make it happen. It’s all in your head, your heart, your hands. |
| rags to riches story of success: Thrive Jason Navallo, 2015-03-28 Thrive: 30 Inspirational Rags-to-Riches Stories shows the power of perseverance to achieve unbelievable success. Follow the stories of ordinary people who overcame adversity to become wealthy entrepreneurs, innovative businessmen, and famous artists, including Jim Carrey, Eminem, Vin Diesel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Charlize Theron, Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Cuban, and Jay Z. Never give up. Thrive. |
| rags to riches story of success: From Rags to Riches Mohammed Al-Fahim, 1998 Born in 1948, in Abu Dhabi, the author knew dreadful poverty for years before fabulous oil wealth transformed his country forever. He grew up in the ruler's palace, barefoot like his playmates, now senior figures in the United Arab Emirates. This is a vivid eye-witness account of the total transformation within only 30 years of a Bedouin society into a country with the world's highest per capita income. He speaks with great frankness about his own life and career and about the role of the British in his country.--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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| rags to riches story of success: From Rags to Riches Nathan Aaseng, 1990 Presents brief biographies of the enterprising individuals who started such products and companies as Apple computers, Sears, the Dow Jones Index and The Wall Street Journal, J.C. Penney, Hershey's Chocolate, Ebony Magazine, and Kinney Shoes. |
| rags to riches story of success: Genuine Authentic Michael Gross, 2018-07-24 A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an afterword. “Deep-dish...sharp-clawed...honestly admiring.”—New York Times There are at least two Ralph Laurens. To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he was long seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant. Michael Gross, author of the bestsellers Model and 740 Park, lays bare the truths of this fashion emperor's rise, and reveals not only the secrets of his meteoric success in marketing our shared fantasies, but also a widely unknown side that's behind the designer’s chic façade. |
| rags to riches story of success: From Riches to Rags Jaclyn Howell, 2017-08 Most people anticipate a success story that describes a character's (real life or fictional) triumph from rags to riches. What if we turn the tables and read about an already lucky character who was practically born with a silver spoon in her mouth, looks down upon others who have less than her or who don't meet her standards, feels entitled to get what she desires from others, and gets away with countless bullying antics at school since her father knows what strings to pull to get her out of trouble? Meet Serendipity (a.k.a. Serene), who needs to be humbled in her world of entitlement to fill the endless void she is trying to fill. How will she turn from her vacant and selfish ways if she doesn't have God in her life? Does she need to lose everything and go from riches to rags to find her purpose in the life that God intended for her? |
| rags to riches story of success: eMillions Stanley Tang, 2008-11-01 True stories of how fourteen individuals made millions online: “Breaks open the code on how the moguls really got their starts and created their breaks.” —Ben Mack, #1-bestselling author of Think Two Products Ahead Look behind every breakthrough success and you’ll find motivating stories of individuals who made it happen. They had a vision, took a path, and persevered against monumental odds. eMillions is a collection of interviews with fourteen of the world’s most successful Internet marketers about their rags-to-riches stories. Get inside their brains and walk through the journeys they took to become Internet millionaires: How a college filmmaker from Florida turned an “experiment” into a $248 million blockbuster through the power of viral marketing How a former US Army Officer turned a one-man operation into a multimillion-dollar international corporation with customers in every Internet-connected country on the planet How a seventeen-year-old kid with $70 in hand built a $3 million Internet company from the ground up teaching people how to play piano by ear and more |
| rags to riches story of success: There Will Be No Miracles Here Casey Gerald, 2018-10-02 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR AND THE NEW YORK TIMES A PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK Somehow Casey Gerald has pulled off the most urgently political, most deeply personal, and most engagingly spiritual statement of our time by just looking outside his window and inside himself. Extraordinary. —Marlon James Staccato prose and peripatetic storytelling combine the cadences of the Bible with an urgency reminiscent of James Baldwin in this powerfully emotional memoir. —BookPage The testament of a boy and a generation who came of age as the world came apart—a generation searching for a new way to live. Casey Gerald comes to our fractured times as a uniquely visionary witness whose life has spanned seemingly unbridgeable divides. His story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999, when he gathers with the congregation of his grandfather's black evangelical church to see which of them will be carried off. His beautiful, fragile mother disappears frequently and mysteriously; for a brief idyll, he and his sister live like Boxcar Children on her disability checks. When Casey--following in the footsteps of his father, a gridiron legend who literally broke his back for the team--is recruited to play football at Yale, he enters a world he's never dreamed of, the anteroom to secret societies and success on Wall Street, in Washington, and beyond. But even as he attains the inner sanctums of power, Casey sees how the world crushes those who live at its margins. He sees how the elite perpetuate the salvation stories that keep others from rising. And he sees, most painfully, how his own ascension is part of the scheme. There Will Be No Miracles Here has the arc of a classic rags-to-riches tale, but it stands the American Dream narrative on its head. If to live as we are is destroying us, it asks, what would it mean to truly live? Intense, incantatory, shot through with sly humor and quiet fury, There Will Be No Miracles Hereinspires us to question--even shatter--and reimagine our most cherished myths. |
| rags to riches story of success: Toni: My Story - The Rags-to-Riches Story of Toni & Guy, 'Hairdresser to the World' Toni Mascolo, 2015-01-08 TONI MASCOLO was a happy one-year-old toddler in the sleepy Italian town of Scafati, near Pompeii, when, in September 1943, the Allied landings at Salerno brought war to his family's doorstep. More than seventy years later, he is the distinguished head of Toni & Guy, a Knight of the Italian Republic, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and a Papal Knight. What happened in the years between forms the core of his fascinating autobiography.The author became the head of his hard-working, yet often hard-up, Italian hairdressing family when his mother died, aged just forty-five, in December 1962. Toni's father, who had brought the whole family to live in London in the 1950s, was devastated by his wife's death, and it was left to Toni and his brother Guy to feed and care for their younger brothers. The first Toni & Guy salon opened in London's Clapham Park Road in 1963 and now, after over half a century of extraordinary expansion, there are more than 500 salons all over the globe. Yet it remains at heart a family business, infused with the spirit of family closeness and strength that permeates every part of this book.In this lively, informative, sometimes tragic and often moving memoir, Toni Mascolo explains how he became 'Hairdresser to the World', and Chairman and Chief Executive of the largest hairdressing chain on the planet, one of the most famous and recognisable brands in countless countries. |
| rags to riches story of success: Billy Houston Rags to Riches Greg Holman, 2018-11 Billy Houston arrived in Santa Monica, California as a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Australia, the Land Down Under.Within nine years he'd been expelled from school, had his face rebuilt from a horrific car accident, and been held at gun point in an armed hold up in a LA bar.Billy hit the bottle, got mixed up in drugs and dropped out of college. He was a lost soul.But despite his tough beginnings, Billy becomes an incredibly successful multi-millionaire American businessman eventually listing his company on the New York Stock Exchange. Until his ultimate breakdown.Follow the trials and tribulations of Billy Houston and his best mate from high school, Pat Gabriel as together they take on corporate America. A story of persistence, failure, greed, corruption, lies and egos intermixed with mystery, success and laughter. If you like business thrillers with a touch of mystery and inspiration, then you'll love reading, Billy Houston Rags to Riches. |
| rags to riches story of success: Oprah Winfrey: a Rags to Riches Story Austin Brooks, 2016-05-25 Learn how Oprah Winfrey went from the shadows to the spotlight overcoming extreme poverty Oprah Winfrey is one-of-a-kind. When we hear her name, we're likely to think immediately of her incredibly famous talk show, which ran for an amazing 25 seasons, from 1986 to 2011. However, she's certainly much more than an entertainer, and the success she's seen in all areas of her life are testament to that. Oprah grew up in a less-than-ideal environment, but was able to not only overcome her hardships but also turn them into inspiration for her future. From the early start of her talk show to her ever-growing career in writing, film and television, Oprah always showed an innate ability to turn her reality into a way to help others, channeling her experiences into various forms of self-expression. How much do we know about the woman behind the famous name? In this book, we'll attempt to get a closer look at the life of one of the world's biggest stars and how she made it all happen. How did she overcome extreme poverty and turn her life into a financial success story? Learn from her strategies and create your own financial victories. So, are you ready to learn from the Oprah Winfrey ́s life? Are you interested in learning about overcoming hardships and achieving goals? Purchase you copy today and start learning as you read! |
| rags to riches story of success: Indian. English Jillian Haslam, 2011-11 Indian. English. is Jillian Haslam's memoir of growing up an English girl in post-colonial India. Her harrowing yet ultimately redemptive story of living in the dark squalid by-lanes of Calcutta, abused and misunderstood by many, recalls the darkest moments of Angela's Ashes and the inner turmoil of The Glass Castle. For every atrocity described in Indian. English., however, there is found a parallel kindness - a sacrifice, really - on the part of the poorest of the poor, who helped her family to survive. One cannot overlook those small, seemingly insignificant and mundane acts of human kindness. Within these humble people thrive a grace beyond description that literally saves lives every hour of every day. Such was the case with Jillian and her family, which suffered through the death of children, abject starvation, trauma and humiliation. In vivid detail, the author recounts how she learned to look for the positives embedded in the numerous challenges encountered on her path; and how to overcome adversity to be successful. The rich story of her life, of finding the road to success, and how she utilizes her wisdom and vision to help others through her foundation, vividly illustrates how and why Jillian Haslam inspires everyone she meets. |
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| rags to riches story of success: The Unspoken Rules Gorick Ng, 2021-04-27 Named one of 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller ...this guide provides readers with much more than just early careers advice; it can help everyone from interns to CEOs. — a Financial Times top title You've landed a job. Now what? No one tells you how to navigate your first day in a new role. No one tells you how to take ownership, manage expectations, or handle workplace politics. No one tells you how to get promoted. The answers to these professional unknowns lie in the unspoken rules—the certain ways of doing things that managers expect but don't explain and that top performers do but don't realize. The problem is, these rules aren't taught in school. Instead, they get passed down over dinner or from mentor to mentee, making for an unlevel playing field, with the insiders getting ahead and the outsiders stumbling along through trial and error. Until now. In this practical guide, Gorick Ng, a first-generation college student and Harvard career adviser, demystifies the unspoken rules of work. Ng distills the wisdom he has gathered from over five hundred interviews with professionals across industries and job types about the biggest mistakes people make at work. Loaded with frameworks, checklists, and talking points, the book provides concrete strategies you can apply immediately to your own situation and will help you navigate inevitable questions, such as: How do I manage my time in the face of conflicting priorities? How do I build relationships when I’m working remotely? How do I ask for help without looking incompetent or lazy? The Unspoken Rules is the only book you need to perform your best, stand out from your peers, and set yourself up for a fulfilling career. |
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| rags to riches story of success: Mani/Pedi Krista Beth Driver, 2019-10-08 She left everything behind and risked not only her life, but also the lives of her two small children to escape from Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon. In the middle of the night, Charlie—along with her husband, two toddlers and two young sisters—joined 100 other people on a tiny boat and fled their home country. The journey was long and dangerous, but after almost two years in refugee camps, the family finally made it to America. After emigrating, as many Vietnamese refugee women did, Charlie began working in the booming nail industry. When her path crossed with Olivett, an African American woman, they became business partners—and built an empire together. After only a few years in the US, Charlie was a millionaire and living the American dream. Her tale is one of tragedy and triumph—a true rags to riches story that will amaze and inspire readers from all walks of life. |
| rags to riches story of success: Guaranteed Success Percy Master P. Miller, 2008-09 This is Percy Master P' Miller's personal blueprint for a successful life. The notorious rapper explains how to acheive goals, manage money and live a properous and purposeful life. Inspired by Donald Trump's empowerment seminars, this is essential for anyone wishing to take control of their destiny.' |
| rags to riches story of success: A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying John Roa, 2020-09-08 A scathingly honest memoir of entrepreneurship's dark reality... I would advise every entrepreneur--or anyone who dreams of becoming one--to read this book. --Eric Schurenberg - CEO, Fast Company and Inc. A young tech entrepreneur's memoir of building his hugely successful company and the mental and physical price he paid for it At the age of twenty-six, John Roa was an aspiring but struggling entrepreneur. He was broke, racking up debt, and ready to give up on his dream of being self-made. In a final effort, he founded the design firm ÄKTA, which quickly became one of the fastest growing startups in America, and just five years later, he sold it for a fortune to Salesforce, the largest company in San Francisco. This is his account of rising from a self-described below-average student to becoming a poster boy for the successful young entrepreneur, while nearly destroying himself in the process. His journey is an absurd, twisting, and often comical story of talent, luck, rapidly changing technology, larger-than-life personalities, sex, gambling, and excessive alcohol and drug consumption—which ultimately took their toll, resulting in a spectacular burnout that he almost didn’t survive. As he healed in the aftermath, he began to question the ethos that had brought him to that dark place, and over time, came to realize how common these debilitating issues are in entrepreneurship, even if they are rarely discussed openly. Rather than another glamorous rags-to-riches saga, A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying is a cautionary and deeply honest memoir about the price of success for ambitious young people, who are so often unprepared for the adversity, mental health issues, and abuse that can come along with “making it.” It also serves as the foundation for a campaign of honesty and vulnerability, in an industry that currently lacks both. |
| rags to riches story of success: Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor? Douglas Kruger, 2016-08-01 ‘Thinking like a poor person will keep you poor. Thinking like a wealthy person will make you wealthy. I would like to show you exactly what the differences between the two ways of thinking are and how you can use them in your favour.’ – Douglas Kruger - Douglas Kruger Being rich is not normal: most people never achieve wealth in their lifetime. The very word ‘rich’ describes a state beyond the median, and therein lies an important lesson. To become rich, you will have to think radically differently from the way most people around you think. Do you know what those specific differences may be? Business and wealth guru Douglas Kruger strips away the feel-good hype and gets right down to the practical principles. He leads you through the types of thinking that hold individuals, families and businesses in generational cycles of poverty. He explores the dramatically different approaches of the self-made rich and super-rich, showing you which behaviours to begin practising and which behaviours are traitorous to your wealth potential. Escape poverty. Raise your value. Change the trajectory of your story. It all begins with the way you think. |
| rags to riches story of success: Riches to Rags & Rags to Riches Rtn. Mahesh Sagar (Sapphire), 2021-08-15 Memories of pre-partition days And post partition days Life incidnces Chiḍ hood College days Social N.G.O Rotary club Golfer National umpire Busines |
| rags to riches story of success: Five Stars Carmine Gallo, 2018-06-05 “As technology threatens to displace countless jobs and skills, the ability to communicate is becoming more important than ever. This book is full of examples to help you get better at transporting your thoughts and emotions into the minds of other people.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg How to master the art of persuasion—from the bestselling author of Talk Like TED. Ideas don’t sell themselves. As the forces of globalization, automation, and artificial intelligence combine to disrupt every field, having a good idea isn’t good enough. Mastering the ancient art of persuasion is the key to standing out, getting ahead, and achieving greatness in the modern world. Communication is no longer a “soft” skill—it is the human edge that will make you unstoppable, irresistible, and irreplaceable—earning you that perfect rating, that fifth star. In Five Stars, Carmine Gallo, bestselling author of Talk Like TED, breaks down how to apply Aristotle’s formula of persuasion to inspire contemporary audiences. As the nature of work changes, and technology carries things across the globe in a moment, communication skills become more valuable—not less. Gallo interviews neuroscientists, economists, historians, billionaires, and business leaders of companies like Google, Nike, and Airbnb to show first-hand how they use their words to captivate your imagination and ignite your dreams. In the knowledge age—the information economy—you are only as valuable as your ideas. Five Stars is a book to help you bridge the gap between mediocrity and exceptionality, and gain your competitive edge in the age of automation. In Five Stars, you will also learn: -The one skill billionaire Warren Buffett says will raise your value by 50 percent. -Why your job might fall into a category where 75 percent or more of your income relies on your ability to sell your idea. -How Airbnb’s founders follow a classic 3-part formula shared by successful Hollywood movies. -Why you should speak in third-grade language to persuade adult listeners. -The one brain hack Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Picasso used to unlock their best ideas. |
| rags to riches story of success: Rags to Riches Barry Coughlan, 2009 Munster's journey in pursuit of rugby glory has been long and often heartbreaking. The seeds for their ascent into the pantheon of great teams were sown long before Munster's current success, built on a reputation as a fearsome side for touring teams to play. These personal contributions of players, coaches, fans and pundits make fascinating reading for enthusiasts. |
| rags to riches story of success: Time to Get Tough Michael J. Coles, Catherine M. Lewis, 2018-10-01 Michael J. Coles, the cofounder of the Great American Cookie Company and the former CEO of Caribou Coffee, did not follow a conventional path into business. He does not have an Ivy League pedigree or an MBA from a top-ten business school. He grew up poor, starting work at the age of thirteen. He had many false starts and painful defeats, but Coles has a habit of defying expectations. His life and career have been about turning obstacles into opportunities, tragedies into triumphs, and poverty into philanthropy. In Time to Get Tough, Coles explains how he started a $100-million company with only $8,000, overcame a near-fatal motorcycle accident, ran for the U.S. Congress, and set three transcontinental cycling world records. His story also offers a firsthand perspective on the business, political, and philanthropic climate in the last quarter of the twentieth century and serves as an important case study for anyone interested in overcoming a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Readers will also discover practical leadership lessons and unconventional ways of approaching business. |
| rags to riches story of success: The Baker's Son: My Life in Business Lowell Hawthorne, 2012-09-04 An inspirational rags-to-riches memoir by the founder of the most successful Caribbean business ever established in the US. “The American question gets a great, real-life look in The Baker’s Son . . . Hawthorne’s story is at once inspirational and revelatory.” —Publishers Weekly The Baker’s Son is a charming and well-crafted memoir by the co-founder of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, the hugely successful Jamaican-owned and -run enterprise that reaches from Massachusetts to Florida with over 120 franchise locations. Today the Golden Krust brand represents the most lucrative Caribbean business ever established in America. An independently owned family enterprise, Golden Krust was established in 1989 by members of the extended Hawthorne family. Within a few short years, Golden Krust developed into a very successful business. The original inspiration for the company came from the family patriarch, Ephraim Hawthorne, who for many years ran a successful bakery in the secluded hamlet of Border, in the rural parish of St. Andrew in Jamaica. The Baker’s Son is a deeply moving account that tells the story of an immigrant family from rural Jamaica that relocated to the Bronx in the 1980s. Starting from humble beginnings, and after weathering several major crises along the way, personal as well as professional, the Hawthorne family has scaled the heights of success to achieve the American Dream to an unprecedented degree. Not content to rest on its well-deserved laurels, the family has, in addition, established an innovative and very successful philanthropic foundation to give back to the community. As much a “business memoir” as it is a “spiritual memoir,” the book records a profound journey of the author from his childhood within the Hawthorne family in Jamaica to his spiritual rebirth and conversion in the recent past. The author attributes the real source of his success in business to his wife, siblings, and children, and to the deep Christian faith inculcated in him by his father and mother from a young age. |
| rags to riches story of success: The Donut King Ted Ngoy, 2018-05-07 In 1975, a Cambodian refugee named Ted Ngoy and his family arrived in Southern California penniless. Less than a decade later, he was a multimillionaire at the helm of an unlikely empire of independent donut shops that continue to dominate the West Coast and fend off advances by large chains such as Dunkin' Donuts. Then he lost it all. It wasn't the first time, and it wouldn't be the last. Racked with guilt, homeless in his sixties, and supporting two small children, he set out to build a new life. Ngoy's story is one of survival, hard knocks, and the indomitable spirit of a singular man with unparalleled vision. He has gone from rich to poor not once, but three separate times. Making money is easy, he says, but keeping your priorities straight can be a challenge. A survivor of the Cambodian civil war and one-time friend of American presidents and senators, he is a savvy businessman who changed the face of two countries and brought hope to his people. But he has also been plagued by the twin dragons of pride and gambling addiction. In THE DONUT KING, he shares his story of ups and downs and imparts invaluable lessons on success, ambition, love, and redemption with artistry and refreshing honesty. |
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| rags to riches story of success: Kerry Stokes Andrew Rule, 2014-11-01 The compelling and inspirational story of the rags to riches life of Kerry Stokes, a remarkable Australian. Kerry Stokes is a remarkable Australian. Not because he is one of Australia's wealthiest and most powerful people, but because of what he overcame to get there and because he has endured when others didn't. His success and his rise have intrigued the business world for decades but there is so much more to him than multi-million dollar deals or mergers. Behind the laconic front is a human story as tough and touching as a Dickens tale: Oliver twist with great self-expectations. It is the story of a poor boy who stared down poverty, ignorance and the stigma of his illegitimate birth to achieve great wealth and fulfilment. He's a backstreets battler who has become a power player. It's a compelling and inspiring story that, until now, he has not told. Now he oversees a multi-billion dollar media, machinery and property empire. He is renowned for his art collection and for philanthropy, spending millions of dollars to buy - among other things - Victoria Crosses from soldiers' families to donate to the Australian War Memorial. But he's a private man. A man apart. He made his name in the West but kept his distance from the buccaneering band of entrepreneurs who forged fabulous fortunes in Perth from the 1960s until the 1987 crash. Bond went to jail, Holmes a Court died; Connell did both. Lesser lights flickered and faded but Stokes grew stronger, becoming a player alongside Murdoch, Packer and Lowy. His story fascinates all the more because he has spent most of his life guarding it. But now he's telling it, to one of Australia's great storytellers. He is the boy who came from nothing, who had nothing to lose. And now he has everything. It's a great Australian journey. ' ...possibly the greatest rags-to-riches story in our history ... journalist Andrew Rule has done an enviable job of capturing the essence of this fascinating man, from his Dickensian early life in the slums of Carlton to his relentless deal-making in the west and beyond ... the book is outstanding...' the Australian '... my pick is Andrew Rule's Kerry Stokes: the Boy from Nowhere. I was vaguely aware the Perth billionaire's story was one of rags to riches, but I didn't realise just how ragged were his early days. His achievement is inspirational.' Stephen Romei, the Australian |
| rags to riches story of success: Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie, 2015-11-18 CHAPTER I PARENTS AND CHILDHOOD CHAPTER II DUNFERMLINE AND AMERICA CHAPTER III PITTSBURGH AND WORK CHAPTER IV COLONEL ANDERSON AND BOOKS CHAPTER V THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE CHAPTER VI RAILROAD SERVICE CHAPTER VII SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER VIII CIVIL WAR PERIOD CHAPTER IX BRIDGE-BUILDING CHAPTER X THE IRON WORKS CHAPTER XI NEW YORK AS HEADQUARTERS CHAPTER XII BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS CHAPTER XIII THE AGE OF STEEL CHAPTER XIV PARTNERS, BOOKS, AND TRAVEL CHAPTER XV COACHING TRIP AND MARRIAGE CHAPTER XVI MILLS AND THE MEN CHAPTER XVII THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE CHAPTER XVIII PROBLEMS OF LABOR CHAPTER XIX THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH CHAPTER XX EDUCATIONAL AND PENSION FUNDS CHAPTER XXI THE PEACE PALACE AND PITTENCRIEFF CHAPTER XXII MATHEW ARNOLD AND OTHERS CHAPTER XXIII BRITISH POLITICAL LEADERS CHAPTER XXIV GLADSTONE AND MORLEY CHAPTER XXV HERBERT SPENCER AND HIS DISCIPLE CHAPTER XXVI BLAINE AND HARRISON CHAPTER XXVII WASHINGTON DIPLOMACY CHAPTER XXVIII HAY AND McKINLEY CHAPTER XXIX MEETING THE GERMAN EMPEROR |
| rags to riches story of success: Building Wealth Russ Whitney, 1995 A self-made millionaire describes what it takes to turn a dream of wealth into a reality, offering practical, proven techniques and strategies for recognizing, seizing, and getting the most out of money-making opportunities in real estate. |
| rags to riches story of success: The Biography of Robert Herjavec. A Classic “Rags to Riches” Story Blake Sullivan, 2016-04-14 Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: A+, , course: BAE 454: Entrepreneurship, language: English, abstract: At the age of eight, Robert Herjavec and his family moved from Croatia to Canada in order to escape Josip Broz Tito’s communist regime. Robert’s family eventually moved to Toronto where both his parents worked minimum wage jobs and tried to learn English. In 1984, in an attempt to support his family, Robert graduated the University of Toronto with a degree in English literature and political science and began his career. Upon graduation Robert convinced a company called Logiquest, who sell IBM mainframe emulation boards, to give him an entry level position by working the first 6 months for free. In 1990, after climbing the ranks to General Manager of Logiquest, Robert was fired so he started his first company called BRAK Systems (a Canadian integrator of Internet security software) (Ernest and Young, 2013). BRAK was sold to AT&T in 2000 for $30.2 million and is worth over $100 million today (Kopun, 2010). After taking a couple years off to raise his children and spend time with his wife at the time, Diane, Robert started another company after himself called The Herjavec Group (THG), another Internet security solutions integrator (Mielach, 2012). According to Branham Group, a Toronto based Technology Consulting firm, THG is Canada’s largest IT security providers and between 2007-2012 grew at a rate of 643% to $125 million in sales and150 employees (Branham, 2012). Today, Robert is still the CEO of THG and because of his successful business career, Robert may be seen on TV as either the “nice dragon” on Dragons Den or dancing with Kym Johnson on Dancing with the Stars |
| rags to riches story of success: SB Fuller Mary Fuller Casey, 2003 |
| rags to riches story of success: Starting from Scrap Stephen H. Greer, 2010 Stephen Greer arrived in Hong Kong in 1993, a recent college grad with no financing, scant experience, and only a notion of starting some kind of business. Fourteen years later, his company Hartwell Pacific was a $250-million enterprise and a player in the global scrap-metal recycling trade. Along the way he encountered cultural roadblocks, ruthless and sometime unscrupulous competitors, and learned critical lessons in what makes a young business thrive. This remarkable story is chronicled here with humor, suspense, and keen insights into the strategies that made Stephen Greer a highly successful entrepreneur. --Book Jacket. |
| rags to riches story of success: From the Projects to the Palace Greg Hershberg, 2011-10-01 In his inspiring memoir, Hershberg chronicles how he managed to come out of the housing projects and become a very successful businessman. Since then, he has been able to help others find freedom from their limitations, and today he is influencing people all over the world. |
| rags to riches story of success: From Rags to Riches - Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People with Extraordinary Lives! Elda Watulo, John Davidson, 2015-02-09 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HOW TO GET MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION FOR SUCCESS MOTIVATING RAGS TO RICHES STORIES SAM WALTON The Man behind the Success of Wal-Mart The Early Life of Sam Walton Sam Walton's Life before Wal-Mart The Birth of Wal-Mart The Ten Commandments According Sam Walton The Reasons for Wal-Mart's Success Wal-Mart after Sam Walton's Death Lessons from the Life of Sam Walton ROSALIA MERA World's Wealthiest Self-made Woman Early Life of RosaliaMera The Growth of RosaliaMera's Career RosaliaMera's Other Activities How the Zara Brand Became a Global Brand The Life of RosaliaMera after Her Divorce Lessons Learned From RosaliaMera URSULA M. BURNS Her success Story Lessons Ursula M. Burns Learned From Her Mother The Education of Ursula M. Burns How She Began Work at Xerox 4-time Forbes' Power Women Advice from Ursula M. Burns SYLVESTER STALLONE How He Became Successful Early Years in the Life of Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone's Early Career in Hollywood How Rocky Came To Be The Lessons in the Life of Sylvester Stallone HOW JAY-Z BECAME SUCCESSFUL Early Life of Jay-Z The Beginning of Jay-Z's Musical Career Decoder: Jay-Z's autobiography Who is Jay-Z off Stage? Who Is Jay-Z To Other People? Jay-Z's Interview for Vanity Fair The Mystery of Jay-Z's Brands JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER The World's Richest Man Early Life of John D. Rockefeller John Rockefeller's Influences to Standard Oil The Life of John Rockefeller after Retirement MARKETING LESSONS FROM JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Strive for efficiency Be consistent Be adaptable. The Legacy of John D. Rockefeller REID HOFFMAN How He Got To Where He Is Now Lessons from Reid Hoffman Early Life of Reid Hoffman How Reid Hoffman Started His First Business Reid Hoffman's Stint at Paypal How Reid Hoffman Started LinkedIn Reid Hoffman on Teaching How To Code CORDIA HARRINGTON CEO and President of the Bun Company Cordia Harrington's Career in Real Estate Cordia Harrington and Her Partnership with McDonald's The Accolades Received By Cordia Harrington Lessons FromCordia Harrington PUBLISHER INTRODUCTION Just like we need food for our body, our spirit also needs food that comes as motivating and touching stories,they can make us feel better and give us power to scale the financial heights.This book contains a collection of the most inspiring rags to riches stories.You will not only enjoy reading them but you will be motivated to move to a higher point in your financial world. Each story in this book comes with an important life changing lesson. Rags-to-riches stories in this bookhave been told to inspire other people to rise from poverty and become rich. Most of the people in this book rose from obscurity to gain fame through many hurdles. Classic stories like the tales of Alladin and Cinderella are often treated as cases of such stories. The life of Gengis Khan who lived with his mother and siblings used to be homeless before he annexed lands which later became the largest empire. During the Roman Empire, the Emperor Diocletian was born poor to a slave father. Sir Gareth in the King Arthur story was a kitchen boy before he became a knight. In India, the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya was also poor. In China, Emperor Gaozuand Hongwu Emperor came from a peasant class. It is not easy to rise from poverty to a life of fame and fortune. A lot of stories had been written to inspire people to move out of their comfort zones to a life of immense wealth. Lessons from rags-to-riches stories have been published for readers to learn and apply them in their own lives. |
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