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Turning Someone Else's Garbage To Your Own Gold: These Entrepreneurs Built Fortunes Off Trash
They saw treasure where others saw trash. From garbage trucks and scrap yards to billion-dollar recycling empires, these entrepreneurs built their fortunes by turning waste into wealth. Here's how they did it.
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How Jeff Bezos Secretly Became a Google Billionaire — Thanks to a Failed $185 Million Amazon Acquisition In 1998
Jeff Bezos once lost $185 million on a failed acquisition. But that "failure" introduced him to two Stanford students building a strange little search engine called Google. The into might be the smartest investment he ever made.
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From Mail-Order Toupees To Billionaire Shoe Moguls: The Greenberg Family Just Sold Sketchers For $9.4 Billion
What do wigs, roller skates, and "E.T." shoelaces have to do with a $9.4 billion sneaker empire? Meet the Greenbergs — a former hairdresser and his kids — who just sold Skechers for $9.4 billion and are walking away with $1.1 billion.
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The Billionaire You've Never Heard Of Who Wrote Google's Third Check
Imagine how rich you'd be if you gave the founders of Google a check for $250,000 back in 1998. Ram Shriram doesn't have to imagine.
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If Warren Buffett Never Donated A Dime To Charity, He Could Have Been The Second Richest Human In Modern History
Warren Buffett has only been the richest person in the world ONCE, back in 2008. And his time up top was brief. But that's not the whole story…
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In 1977 Warren Buffett Gave His Youngest Son Peter $90,000 Worth Of Berkshire Hathaway Stock. Peter Then Made A Very Bad Decision…
According to Warren Buffett's youngest child Peter, his father has imparted a more lasting legacy on him than the money from his multi-billion fortune ever could.
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Remember When Anna Nicole Smith Married A 90-Year-Old Billionaire? She Fought All The Way To The Supreme Court Over An 8% Stake In Koch Industries
With just a slightly different roll of the dice, there's a very real scenario where Anna Nicole Smith could have owned around 8% of Koch Industries. That would have made her a multi-billionaire today.
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How A Random 1980s Actress Became The Richest Celebrity On The Planet… With A $12 BILLION Net Worth
How did an '80s actress with a modest Hollywood career end up as the world's richest celebrity? She's $3 billion richer than Steven Spielberg. She's $8 billion richer than Oprah…
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How John Kluge Went From Fritos Distributor To The Richest Person In America In The 1990
He didn't build a computer. He didn't manage a hedge fund. He sold snacks—and somehow ended up the richest person in America. The surprising story of John Kluge.
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From Dirt Poor Korean Orphan, To Billionaire Owner Of The Buffalo Bills: The Inspirational Story Of Kim Pegula
Abandoned on a street corner in Seoul at age five, Kim Pegula would go on to become one of the most powerful women in professional sports. This is the extraordinary, emotional journey of how she helped save an NFL franchise—and the legacy she leaves as her family carries on in her name.
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Who Are The 10 Richest Families in the World?
Who's the richest family on Earth? From candy bar billionaires to trillion-dollar oil dynasties, this global ranking reveals the most powerful family fortunes in the world.
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Billionaire Casino Mogul Elaine Wynn Dead At 82. The Las Vegas Strip Wouldn't Exist Without Her
Elaine Wynn didn't just help build Las Vegas—she helped define it. From the Mirage to the Bellagio, her influence shaped the Strip's transformation into a global symbol of luxury, power, and spectacle.
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MrBeast Makes More Money From Chocolate Than YouTube – And That's No Joke
MrBeast built a billion-dollar empire by giving away money on YouTube — but his biggest moneymaker isn't content, it's chocolate. Here's how a snack brand quietly outperformed one of the most-watched creators on the planet.
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Life on Mars: Inside the Billion-Dollar Candy Empire That's Secretly a Pet Powerhouse
Mars Inc. produces some of the country's favorite candy – Snickers, M&Ms, and Milky Way. Mars, Inc. is the sixth largest privately owned business in the U.S. and for a company that makes such a fun product, the Mars family and the company they control have long been shrouded in secrecy.
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The Heir To A $15 Billion Hermès Fortune Adopted His Gardener, LOST The Fortune AND Then Ghosted Qatar's Royal Family
Hermès heir Nicolas Puech promised to sell a $15 billion stake in the luxury brand to Qatar's royal family — then claimed he couldn't access the shares. Now he's facing a lawsuit, as questions swirl around his missing fortune, an adopted gardener heir, and a vanished empire.