How I made my first million
How I Made My First Million, from Fortune Success: The inside scoop on how entrepreneurs, investors, and CEOs built their fortunes—and how you can too.
SuccessFlexjet’s chairman was living with his parents—then he borrowed $500 from his dad to help buy a company, and became a billionaire
By Emma BurleighOctober 1, 2025
SuccessMultimillionaire Big Bang Theory star says he scrubbed toilets, waited tables and played a terrorist before finding fame on the show—‘any job I could’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 27, 2025
SuccessSteve Jobs’ intern went on to sell his company to Google for $625 million—he now advises grads to pay to work for impressive people
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 22, 2025
SuccessThis Shark Tank star became a millionaire by 26—he tells Gen Z to be great at just one thing because ‘the world doesn’t reward general talent’
By Preston ForeSeptember 21, 2025
SuccessKlarna’s cofounder worked at Burger King and lived on welfare before starting the buy-now, pay-later firm. It’s now worth $16 billion after IPO
By Preston ForeSeptember 12, 2025
SuccessCharlie Kirk went from college dropout to CEO of a $92 million-a-year political movement with a direct line to President Trump by 31
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 11, 2025
SuccessThis millennial became a millionaire before turning 30 thanks to early investments in Deliveroo and Revolut—he shares how Gen Z can spot the next startup jackpot
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 7, 2025
SuccessThis podcaster went from a top insurance salesman to #1 on Apple Podcasts making $7 million a year. He tells Gen Z they just need a phone to copy him
By Preston ForeSeptember 6, 2025
SuccessA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 15, 2025
SuccessI went from side-hustling to running a $27 million-a-year marketing agency that works with MrBeast: Here’s my most important investment
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 18, 2025
SuccessScale AI’s 30-year-old billionaire founder still shops at Shein and pulls up to work in a Honda Civic: ‘Act broke, stay rich,’ Lucy Guo says
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 8, 2025
SuccessThis millennial launched her fashion brand House of CB on eBay at 17 years old—now it’s making $200 million a year and worn by the Kardashians
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 3, 2025
SuccessQuentin Tarantino’s right-hand man says the best financial advice the director gave him is straight from Warren Buffett’s playbook
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 28, 2025
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