Billionaires Who Were Once Poor (Part 4)
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9) After his father died, #business magnate Li Ka-shing had to quit school to help support his family. (Net worth: $27.1 billion)
Ka-shing fled mainland #China for #HongKong in the 1940s, but his father died when he was 15, leaving Ka-shing responsible for supporting his #family. In 1950, he started his own #company, Cheung Kong Industries, which manufactured plastics at first but would later expand into #RealEstate.
10) College dropout Sheldon Adelson grew up sleeping on the floor of a Boston tenement house. (Net worth: $29.5 billion)
Adelson, the son of a cab driver, grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts & began selling newspapers at the age of 12, reports #Bloomberg Businessweek. A #Forbes profile of the #billionaire says years later, after dropping out of the City College of New York, Adelson “built a #fortune running vending machines, selling newspaper ads, helping small businesses go public, developing condos & hosting trade shows.”
Adelson lost almost all of his #money in the Great Recession, but he earned much of it back in the following years. He now runs #LasVegas Sands, the largest #casino company in the #world & is considered the most high-profile political donor in #America, says Forbes.
11) Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison dropped out of college after his adoptive mother died & he held odd jobs for 8 years. (Net worth: $49.8 billion)
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to a single mother, Ellison was raised by his aunt & uncle in Chicago. After his aunt died, Ellison dropped out of college & moved to California to #work odd #jobs for the next 8 years.
He founded #software development company #Oracle in 1977, which is now one of the largest #technology companies in the world. Last September he announced his plans to step down as Oracle’s #CEO to become #CTO & Executive Chairman.
-From businessinsider.my #Motivational #Mondays
