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We sure do love a good self-made rags-to-riches story here at Celebrity Net Worth and we've got a doozy for you today. Kenny Troutt grew up as the son of a bartender. His family was poor and from a young age Troutt was determined to overcome his situation.

South Korean e-commerce startup Coupang made its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange recently and became the biggest IPO by an Asian company since the 2014 IPO of Alibaba. Shares surged, valuing founder Bon Kim's stake at more than $8.6 billion.

Oprah Winfrey is STILL everywhere, even a decade after her enormously popular syndicated talk show went off the air. Most recently, of course, she landed the interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and it was one of the highest-rated programs of the year.

Welcome another brand new billionaire to the club – DraftKings' CEO, Jason Robins. The 40-year-old saw shares of his company surge more than 11% to close at $69.29 recently.

Billionaire Stan Kroenke has just won a decade-long legal battle in British Columbia, Canada, to keep the unwashed masses from two lakes on his massive ranch that can only be reached through his property.

Thanks to new valuations for his partnerships with Adidas and The Gap, Kanye West's net worth has doubled to $6.6 billion. He is now the richest self-made Black person in US history.

The seven richest people in Italy are worth a combined $98.4 billion. Their fortunes were made in everything from candy. to sunglasses, to fashion. It seems fitting that three of the five wealthiest Italians hail from the fashion industry.

The three richest people in Japan made their fortunes in totally different ways. Together, the three richest men in Japan are worth $115.6 billion. Let's take a look at their stories.

This year is shaping up to be another huge year for IPOs of tech companies and right now, it looks like Stripe – the payment processing company founded by brothers Patrick and John Collison – will be the hottest offering of the year.

Rapper and billionaire mogul Jay-Z has been on a roll lately, striking deals left and right that are adding cash to his bank accounts.

Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in India, and his family recently revealed their plan to build the biggest zoo in the world on an enormous 280-acre plot of land.

Billionaire Rick Caruso has put his oceanfront mansion in Malibu on the market for $40 million. The 7,300-square-foot property was used as a test for the design of Caruso's Montecito, California resort Rosewood Miramar Beach.

Today, Leonardo Del Vecchio leads a pretty charmed life but it didn't start out that way. Unlike many of the wealthiest people in the world, he didn't inherit his fortune and grow it. When Leonardo was seven years old his mom was poor and abandoned him to an orphanage.

Shahid Khan was born in Pakistan and today is a multi-billionaire NFL team owner. He's also a really inspiring rags-to-riches story. Long before he was a billionaire, he lived in a $2 a night room and made $1.20 per hour washing dishes. Needless to say, he's come a long way. 

The top 50 donors contributed $24.7 billion in 2020, which is up significantly from 2019's $15.8 billion. Sixteen of them made their fortunes in technology. Twenty of them are from California.