IN modern world a lot of billionaires, and there is nothing surprising here, but it is precisely how they achieved their financial perfection that is truly amazing. Not all of them are flashy spenders, as we see them in Hollywood reports. In fact, many of them surround themselves with the humble trappings of life. We've rounded up the best money management tips from the richest people on the planet.

1. Michael Bloomberg

Personal net worth: 34.3 billion

Know what is good for you and follow it.

Michael Bloomberg is well known as one of the most controversial mayors. New York, and the majority shareholder of Bloomberg L.P., a global information company for financial market participants. One of the things no one knows about is that in the last 10 years Michael has only bought two pairs of shoes. These are two pairs of black loafers that go perfectly with all the suits that the billionaire feels most comfortable in.

He realized what was good for him and invested what could be spent on an unnecessary pair of shoes in really useful things.

2. Bill Gates

Personal net worth: 79 billion

Making financial mistakes is a common occurrence in life. We all do it, with the difference that those who reach financial heights in life not only make mistakes, but also learn from them. Bill Gates, well known as one of the richest men in the world once said.

It's good to enjoy your success, but it's more important to remember your mistakes..

3. Ingvar Kamprad

Personal net worth: 53 billion

Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, believes that many expenses are absolutely useless, even if money burns your pocket. Like many other super wealthy people, he chooses to fly economy class instead of a private jet. In his memoirs, Kamprad writes:

We don't need flashy cars that inspire titles, uniforms or other status symbols. We truly rely on our own strength and will.

4. Warren Buffett

Personal net worth: 66.1 billion

Buy a house that suits your needs.

Warren Buffett - classic example golden rule. He still lives in Omaha, Nebraska, in a house he bought in 1958 for $31,500. Despite a billion-dollar fortune in his account, Buffett sees no point in living in an incredible mansion. He feels happy in his modest 5-room home located in the heart of America.

5. Oprah Winfrey

Personal Capital: 2.9 billion

This simple advice played an important role in Oprah's life. Now this advice has become an aphorism

You become what you believe in. Where you are in your life right now is based on what you used to believe..

Realizing what really brings you joy and then helps you achieve the highest results.

6. Richard Branson

Personal net worth: 5.1 billion

Set goals and do everything to achieve them.

British billionaire and founder of the VirginGroup, Richard Branson started his journey with a list of goals. The goals on this list were not even realistic, but he set them and did everything to achieve them. He knew that goal setting is the key to success.

7. Carlos Slim Elu

Personal net worth: 78.5 billion

Put off your youth.

Carlos Slim, a Mexican businessman who, like Bill Gates, was recognized as the richest man on the planet, shares the most important tips for financial success. Start saving money as early as possible! The sooner you start saving money and manage it wisely, the better it will be for you in the future, regardless of the position that you hold and will hold.

8. John Codewell

Personal net worth: 2.6 billion

Don't neglect public transport.

A businessman from England has achieved his success in the mobile industry, but this does not mean at all that he uses an expensive car and flaunts his fortune. In fact, he enjoys walking, riding his bike and using public transport.

9. David Cheriton

Personal net worth: 1.7 billion

Learn to do things on your own.

David Cheriton was an early investor in Google and is enjoying the results of his $100,000 investment in 1998. However, he rejects the barber and cuts his own hair. Even such a seemingly insignificant amount can be useful in other areas of life. Just think how much money you give to other people when you can do the same things yourself.

10. Mark Zuckerberg

Personal net worth: 30 billion

Be humble.

Even the founder of Facebook lives frugally in many aspects of life. One example is his car, a $30,000 Acura sedan. He can afford absolutely any car or even a whole ship, but instead he chooses a modest and practical car.

11. John Donald MacArthur

Personal Capital: 3.7 billion

Make a budget and stick to it.

MacArthur was the sole shareholder of the Bankers Life and Casualty Company. Despite living in an era of Hollywood glitz and glamour, MacArthur eschewed expensive purchases and lived very modestly. He never owned luxury goods, had no press agents, and had an annual budget of $25,000.

12. Rose Kennedy

Financial condition at the time of death is unknown.

Be creative and look for cost alternatives.

Rose Kennedy is better known as the matriarch of infamous famous family. But her money-saving tactics were amazing. Especially when you consider the wealth amassed by the family. Instead of buying stacks of recycled paper, she preferred to wait until the end of the year and buy old desk calendars that were losing their relevance. As a rule, it cost less than waste paper. This good example saving even in small things.

13. Thomas Boone Pickens

Personal Capital: 1 billion

Make a shopping list and don't take more cash than you need.

Oil tycoon and billionaire Pickens always practices alone the right way saving money. He never carries in his wallet more money than he needs. He makes a shopping list before heading to the store. And buys only what is on this list. And the amount of money in his wallet will not allow him to break this rule. You can't spend money you don't have, can you?

14. Jim Walton

Personal net worth: 34.7 billion

You don't need all the latest and greatest.

Jim Walton, the youngest son of WalMart founder Sam Walton, leads a modest lifestyle. That's what his father always taught him. Despite financial success, he still drives a pickup truck that is over 15 years old. He understands that you need to get everything from your vehicle and without a trace. Not driving around in the most luxurious and expensive car you can buy.

15. Donald Trump

Personal Capital: 3.9 billion

Donald Trump has earned his success with his hard work. Many losers think that Trump is just lucky in the world of finance. But Trump says luck comes from hard work.

If your work brings you results, then most likely people will say that you are just lucky. Maybe it is because you are lucky to have brains to work with.!

16. Robert Kuok

Personal Capital: 11.5 billion

Use all the possibilities that you have.

Robert Kuok, Malaysia's richest man, lives by the rules he learned from his mother. Never be greedy, don't take advantage of others, and always have high morals when it comes to dealing with money. Robert says that in order to be financially successful, you must be brave and always take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. Even when others doubt your abilities.

17. Li Ka-shing

Personal Capital: 31 billion

Live modestly.

Li is the richest person in Asia and one of the ten richest people in the world. Li owns an empire that spans 52 countries with 270,000 employees. He believes that his incredible success lies in a simple and modest life. When you first begin your journey, you must train yourself to live modestly and not boast of your wealth.

18. Jack Ma

Personal Capital: 10 billion

The client always comes first.

Jack Ma, billionaire founder of Alibaba Group, believes that customers should always be the number one priority. They are followed by employees, and the last in this chain should be shareholders. Ma believes that a person's attitude to how he lives his life is more important than his abilities.

19. Howard Schultz

Personal Capital: 2.2 billion

I never wanted to be one of the billionaire list. I have never defined myself by my wealth. I always try to define myself and my values.

Howard Schultz, chairman of the board of directors of Starbucks, said that a person's values ​​are much more important than their capital.

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Someone turns millions and billions, but it's not you yet? Now, to be honest, what do you think when you hear success stories about Her or Him, in which everything goes fantastically well: the first million years at 25, the most expensive car, a luxurious house, several active businesses that inspire assets .... The success stories of rich people, in fact, are too diverse to be “combed” with one brush and taken in a stereotyped way.

It can often seem that rich people become rich without lifting a finger, because behind such a person successful person there were already golden mountains, green rustling banknotes donated by parents, and not taking advantage of all this is a sin.

So that nothing seems, and finally understand the reality for yourself - that you can sit in a soft leather interior of a car, or open a bottle of the most expensive wine on your own terrace, and all this without reference to ready-made soil, we will simply demonstrate 10 real stories of becoming the richest people in the world from virtually nothing. From scratch, without support and golden diapers.

By the way, not all the biographies of the rich people of the world, which we will now tell about, are familiar to you. If you were guided only by Forbes ratings, there will be an opening. Why not expand your own boundaries?

10. Michael Rubin opens the top ten richest people on the planet. The future billionaire and founder of Kynetic sold seeds to his neighbors as a child. At the age of 10, the enterprising boy was already hiring 5 guys to remove snow from neighbors' lawns for a fee. At the age of 14, Michael already had his own store, and at 23, under his leadership, there was a company with a turnover of $ 50 million. Michael's fortune is estimated at 2.3 billion dollars. Almost always strong personalities begin in this way: with the manifestation of an entrepreneurial vein from early years.

9. Oprah Winfrey will be the only woman in our ranking of the richest people in the world. Yes, not in the first place, but if it were a rating of diligence and dedication, she could be safely given the championship. Now she is 62 years old and her path to success has nothing to do with the story of Cinderella. She can answer questions about how rich people became rich based on personal experience: she plowed and achieved everything herself. Oprah Winfrey was born into a poor family. Mother was a maid and father was a miner.

For the first 6 years of her life, Oprah lived with her grandmother in the wilderness. The American TV presenter herself admitted in an interview that she was raped at the age of 9 and became pregnant at 14. The child died shortly after birth. At the age of 17, Oprah began working as a reporter, and in 1986 she created her own program, The Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2011, she launched her own TV channel, OWN. The state of the TV presenter is estimated at 3.2 billion dollars.

8. This guy doesn't make tens of billions like some of the top rankings do, but he does have something in store: nearly $10 billion in hard-earned capital. He owns a 7.6% stake in Facebook. Dustin Moskowitz was born into a Jewish family in Washington DC. The father worked as a psychiatrist, but more information about Dustin's family was not disclosed.

7. On the honorable seventh place in our TOP-10 the richest people Canadian-American engineer Elon Musk. He is 12 years older than Dustin Moskowitz. Elon Musk's net worth is $12.3 billion. He founded SpaceX and X.com. The latter, after merging with Confinity, was called PayPal and was sold for $1.5 billion. Musk was born in South Africa. True, the father was a businessman, and the mother was a famous model, so it is difficult to call the family poor. But there is a downside to the coin - Elon was often beaten at school, and this, of course, left a significant mark on the level of self-esteem.

At 12, Elon made his first video game and sold it for $500. It was the first independent earnings on the way to billions. If you look at what such children do from an early age, you can predict future success for them. And success "overtook" Elon.

6. Meet Li Ka-shing, the richest and most powerful man in Hong Kong and Asia. While Forbes was estimating Hong Kong's Superman net worth at $25.5 billion, it has grown to $34. And this is 2015 data. We think Li still did well in 2016. In narrow circles, this enterprising Hong Konger is called "Superman" and is now 87 years old.

Li Ka-shing is the chairman of the boards of Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison Whampoa, which have a capitalization of about 15% of the Hong Kong stock market. Among the stories of rich people who started from scratch, his is one of the most difficult. For understanding: Lee was born in the family of the most ordinary teacher.

From the fifth grade, Kashin began selling watch straps, and a little later he got a job at a plastic watch factory. 16 hours of work in a factory and after attending an evening school - this is how the Hong Kong guy Li Ka-shing began his journey to the first million. Having gained experience in the factory, he began to trade in plastic flowers himself, and soon headed his own company.

5. The stories of rich people who started from scratch are not the same. Like the story of Sergey Brin, who also falls into our ranking of the richest people in the world in fifth place. Sergey is nothing at all - 42 years old and he is a co-founder of Google. Sergei was born into a Jewish family of mathematicians who moved to the United States in 1979, and the future billionaire was only 5 years old. In 2016, according to Forbes magazine, the fortune of an American entrepreneur with Russian roots was estimated at almost $35 billion.

4. You probably heard about this guy too. Larry Page is an American billionaire who, together with Sergey Brin, created the first search engine, which eventually grew into the most powerful tool for finding any information - Google. Larry was born into a professorial family, and while getting an education at the prestigious Stanford University, he met Brin. The joint launch of Google, as we see, has become a gold mine for the guys. Now the state of Larry Page is estimated at $ 32.3 billion, and this is the 17th place in the Forbes rating, however, in 2014. We dare to assume that in 2 years a couple of billions have increased.

Biographies of the richest people in the world: TOP-3. Who is in the lead?

3. Another example of crazy success without any seemingly chance of it from birth is American businessman Sheldon Adelson. Sheldon is one of the twenty richest people according to Forbes magazine. Adelson once again proves that the richest people on the planet are not those who were born and immediately fell into golden diapers. The son of a taxi driver, a newspaper salesman at the age of 12, a court reporter and even a toiletry salesman. Sheldon got a lot. The future American billionaire was born into a Jewish family. And by the way, he is recognized as the richest Jew.

According to the most recent figures that have been announced, Sheldon Adelson's net worth is $38 billion. Not bad, right? The billionaire receives the main income from his investments in real estate: the construction of casinos, hotels, shops, expo centers, etc.

2. We only write "Mark", and you already understand who in question. And yes, you are not mistaken. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social network Facebook, also enters the TOP 10 richest people in the world. In May, Mark's wealth was updated (talking about money), and the capital amounted to $ 51.6 billion. But the guy is only 32 years old! By the way, like many on the list, he is of Jewish origin. Father is a dentist, mother is a psychiatrist. Mark has 3 sisters. How much do you think doctors could provide for 4 children? While still a schoolboy, Mark developed a network version of the game "Risk", and while studying at Harvard - an internal social network, which he himself did not bring to mind, but the guys came to the rescue: Dustin Moskowitz, Eduardo Saverin and others.

1. The ex-president of Inditex could not be outside our list of the TOP 10 richest people in the world. And, you know, we put it first. While many multiply their income several times, Amancio Ortega, we are sure, is not "lost". It was he who in October last year received the title of the richest man on the planet according to Forbes magazine. But in May 2016, his fortune was estimated at 72.9 billion dollars. If the name of the Indetex company does not tell you anything, then you have heard about the Zara brand. Here Amancio is the founder of this brand as well.

Amancio's father was a railroad worker, and his mother was even "better" a servant. The family was so poor that the guy did not even finish high school, and at the age of 13 he began working as a messenger in a shirt store. Yes, did the 13-year-old guy then think that in 2015 he would lead the ranking of the richest people on the planet? We doubt. Today, the billionaire invests considerable sums in real estate in Florida, Madrid, London, as well as in banks and tourism.

This is how the ranking of the richest people in the world looks like, who started the path to their success from scratch. Are there no borders? They really don't exist. Just act, and any goal will be achieved. Who knows, maybe you will find yourself in the Forbes ranking in a couple of years.

Probably, everyone was once interested in learning about the 10 richest people in the world.

This article takes a detailed look at the richest people in the world, indicates the sources of their wealth and changes in it compared to last year.

The first place is occupied by Bill Gates, who remains the leader for the second year already, the second place is taken by Carlos Slim Elu and the third is occupied by Warren Buffett.

1st place given to William Henry Gates III

Bill Gates has been the planet for 12 years. In the photographs, Bill is always wearing glasses, because. Due to the long work at the computer, his eyesight deteriorated. Looks good for his 54 years. His fortune is estimated at 53 billion dollars.

Almost everyone knows his occupation. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and is also a non-executive chairman of the board of directors. Holding on to the first place of the richest people in the world, in 2008 he lost it to Warren Buffett, after that, in 2009 he again took first place. And still competes for leadership in the list of "the richest people in the world" with Carlos Slim Elu.

Second place goes to Carlos Slim Elu

For 71 years old, looking at the photos, Carlos looks pretty good. And this is not surprising, because according to the latest data, his fortune is estimated at more than 74 billion dollars.

In 2012, Carlos managed to beat Gates by $18 billion. Carlos Slim Helu was able to push Bill Gates out of first place thanks to a tremendous increase in the shares of his American Mobile corporation by almost 27%, which greatly helped him in this breakthrough, because he owns 67% of the shares of this company.

The entrepreneur started his activity in Mexico, owns many TV channels in this city, as well as some shares in large Mexican and American companies. Carlos Slim Elu is a citizen of Mexico, but he also has Arabic roots, because. his parents are from Lebanon.

Third place went to Warren Edward Buffett

Probably, this American investor is now known to almost all the inhabitants of the planet. In 2008, he was able to take first place in the ranking of "the richest people in the world", but soon had to give it up first to Gates and then to Carlos El. His fortune has reached 50 billion US dollars as a result of successful investments in a variety of industries.

He was nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha" due to his amazing ability to predict the success of an investment. Owns shares for more than 10 years, and this indicates the correctness of the position of long-term investments.

Fourth place went to Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault is one of the most successful people in the world. The fortune of the French businessman is estimated at 41 billion dollars. He owns a 47% stake in LVMH, a leading luxury retailer. famous owner trademarks Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, Chaumet, Givenchy, Guerlain, TAG Heuer, Moët & Chandon, Hennessy. In 1999, he wanted to buy the Gucci Group. Unfortunately, the $6.15 billion deal fell through.

Fifth place went to Lawrence Joseph Ellison

His fortune has reached 39.5 billion dollars. Lawrence is the founder of the famous company "Oracle", the investor of the largest company NetSuite Inc.

He increases his income by investing in some companies and has achieved good results in this. In 1990, Oracle was in trouble, had to reduce branches and lay off employees, but Larry was a successful leader and restored the firm to its former position.

Sixth place goes to Laxmi Nivas Mittal

The state is estimated at 31.1 billion dollars. Due to his perseverance in achieving his goals, Lakshmi calls himself the "Bill Gates of India".

He is the owner of the world's largest metallurgical company Arcelor Mittal, which has branches in all countries. In Ukraine, he has the Arcelor Mittal Krivoy Rog plant, the purchase of which he negotiated with Yulia Tymoshenko.

When communicating with people, Lakshmi focuses more on the individual than on official contacts. Can find compromises, and tolerant of people. The richest people in the world are also people, oddly enough.

Seventh place went to Amancio Ortega

In 2014, his fortune is estimated at 31 billion dollars. Owns a large Spanish brand "Zara", the profit from which is constantly increasing.

The production, distribution and sale of clothing takes place without intermediaries, which makes it possible to reduce the prices of a popular brand by 25%. The company is quickly catching on to the latest fashion trends and therefore known all over the world.

8th place - Eik Batista

He is ranked 8th in the list of "richest people in the world" thanks to his cash savings of $30 billion. He earned this amount working in the mining industry in his home country of Brazil.

He remained faithful to his country and does not leave it, which cannot but please the tax authorities. He began his career in gold mining, and later moved on to other types of iron ores. At 51, he has 2 children, was married to a Playboy cover girl.

Ninth place went to Mukesh Ambani

He has a fortune of $27 billion thanks to the oil company Reliance Industries. Together with his brother, he inherited the company from his father, but the brothers quarreled and divided it among themselves.

His income is steadily growing, and he may soon take first place in the list of "richest people in the world."

Tenth place went to Christy Walton

Among the most successful people in the world, we find Christy Walton. Christie inherited the world-famous trading corporation Wal-Mart from her husband, who died in a car accident. Initially, the widow received $ 25 billion, but by 2012 she increased her capital to 28.5 billion, thanks to which she is in 10th position on the list of world billionaires.

Wal-Mart is a major retail chain of stores worldwide. More than 2 million employees work in more than 6,500 stores of this company, serving almost 180 million customers around the world.

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The richest people in the world are always interesting, because you can get motivated and adopt the necessary beliefs from them. This list of the richest people in the world proves once again that we always have something to strive for. Good luck with everything.

Rockefeller's name has become a symbol of wealth.

John Rockefeller was the second child of six children.

He recalled that from an early age his father told him about the enterprises in which he participated, explained the principles of doing business.

Rockefeller wrote of his father: “He often bargained with me and bought various services from me. He taught me how to buy and sell. My father just “trained” me to get rich!”

When John was seven years old, he began to raise turkeys for sale, worked part-time digging potatoes for neighbors.

He recorded all the results of commercial activities in his little book. He invested all the money he earned in a porcelain piggy bank, and already at the age of 13 he lent $ 50 to a farmer friend at the rate of 7.5% per annum.

His father's upbringing was continued by his mother, from whom he learned hard work and discipline. Since the family was large, and her father's enterprises did not always end well, she often had to save money.

At 13, John went to school in Richford. In his autobiography, he wrote that it was difficult for him to study and he had to study hard to complete the lessons.

Because John Rockefeller was one of the eldest children in the family, at the age of 16 he went to look for work.

This goes on six days a week for six weeks. Finding a job was difficult, but Rockefeller did not want to return to the farm. With great difficulty, he got the position of assistant accountant, and this was a turning point in his life, because he entered the world of business and became part of it.

He was quickly able to establish himself as a competent professional, and as soon as the company's accountant left his post, Rockefeller was immediately appointed in his place. At the same time, the salary was set at $ 600 dollars, while his predecessor received $ 2,000, because of this, Rockefeller left the company, and this was his only hired job in his biography.

Rockefeller was only 19 years old, but he already had some start-up capital earned over 3 years of work. In addition, he borrowed some money from his father. This was done in order to organize a small business selling flour, grain, pork and other products.

His business successfully developed and prospered, and at some point John Rockefeller thought about investing in the real sector of the economy. And then he faced the question of finding an effective investment object.

One late evening, he was walking down the street and noticed that lights were on in every house - people lit kerosene lamps. "So what?" Any other person would say.

After all, what was oil at that time? It was something new that was used to make industrial kerosene. Gasoline was not even mentioned.

But Rockefeller understood: the world does not stand still, cities are growing and the need for lighting is also, so the oil from which kerosene is produced will soon become the main commodity that will be valued no less than gold.

John Rockefeller became systematically invest into oil, and this tactic was successful: he caught a good macroeconomic trend, because "black gold" has become one of the most needed commodities.

His company Standard Oil was established in 1870.

At the beginning of his career, the future billionaire noticed that the entire oil business was some kind of chaotic machine. He understood that only by putting things in order in his work, it would be possible to think about some kind of commercial success.

The business began to generate income, and Rockefeller began to gradually buy up other oil firms one at a time, small enterprises that were not very expensive.

Already by 1880, thanks to numerous small and medium-sized mergers, 95% of America's oil production was in the hands of Rockefeller.

The Rockefeller children were to inherit a huge fortune and that was a big responsibility.

Rockefeller knew that God's gift should not be thrown to the wind, and he did his best to teach children to work, modesty and unpretentiousness.

John Rockefeller Jr. later said that as a child, money seemed to him a mysterious substance: “They were omnipresent and invisible. We knew that there was a lot of money, but we also knew that it was not available.” For someone who was dressed in girls' dresses until the age of eight (the Rockefellers wore old things one after another, and they did not have a second boy), the future billionaire put it extremely mildly.

John Rockefeller Sr. created a model of a market economy at home: he appointed his daughter Laura " CEO and told the children to keep detailed ledgers.

Each child received two cents for killing a fly, ten cents for sharpening one pencil, and five cents for an hour of music lessons.

A day of abstaining from sweets cost two cents, each subsequent day was estimated at ten cents. Each of the children had their own vegetable garden—ten weeds pulled out were worth one penny.

Rockefeller Jr. earned fifteen cents an hour for chopping wood, one of the daughters received money for going around the house in the evenings and turning out the lights.

Little Rockefellers were fined one cent for being late for breakfast, they got one piece of cheese a day, and on Sundays they were not allowed to read anything but the Bible.

The wife was in no way inferior to her husband: the generous Rockefeller was about to buy a bicycle for the children, but she said that extra bicycles were not needed in the house: “Having one bicycle for four, they will learn to share with each other ...”

The results of such upbringing were rather contradictory.

John Rockefeller was one of the greatest philanthropists in American history.

All his life he will pay the church tithe - 10% of his monthly income.

In addition, he will build the University of Chicago, Spelman College, Rockefeller University, the Museum of Modern Art, the monasteries and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

In 1917, John Rockefeller will hand over all his affairs to his eldest son. And 20 years later, the oil tycoon will die.

And his charitable foundation still exists, bringing benefits to people.

Now listen to the story of one slave.

His name was Telyumzhin, he was an illiterate person.

There was nothing on his resource bowl. On the second bowl - huge, powerful states: China, India, Iran and many others, smaller.

By that time, China had not only an innumerable human resource, but paper, gunpowder had already been invented, the Great Wall of China had already been built.

On the side of Iraq, Iran - an army of 250 thousand people and the richest financial resources.

Imagine this historical scale: on the one hand, gigantic territories, advanced science, troops and wealth, on the other, one illiterate beggar.

Not even a state, not a principality, because the Mongols at that time lived in uluses, families, tribal communities, but only one person. His father headed the family, but the neighbors ruined his ulus, killed his father, and sold him into slavery.

The first thing he did was to escape from slavery and gain freedom.

Returning to his native land, he gathered in his own ulus relatives scattered throughout the steppe. The struggle between the uluses reached its climax by that time. The Mongols killed each other and therefore were easy prey for the invaders.

The former slave set a goal - to unite the uluses and stop the massacre.

As a result of a fierce struggle, Telyumzhin managed to unite Mongolian families. By the time he was proclaimed the head of all the uluses at the big Khural, he was already 51 years old.

From this moment begins the history of the great khan - Genghis Khan.

Over the next 35 years, he captured half the world.

Every country he went to fell. They could not oppose this man neither their troops, nor inventions, nor wealth.

An illiterate slave became the ruler of Eurasia. But what is even more amazing is that he created an empire that lasted for centuries.

He created one of the most perfect systems of tax collection, the most perfect system of roads for his time, an uninterrupted post office, a system of law and order - robbery and violence were stopped within this great empire.

In practice, he created a new economic space, which gave impetus to the rapid development of the conquered lands.

According to the code of laws created by Genghis Khan, his descendants ruled these endless territories for centuries.

What did the illiterate slave manage to create?

An empire that lasted for centuries after his death.

Luck, on closer inspection, is the result of hard work and careful preparation.
Bodo Schaefer

- this is a man who made many brilliant discoveries, the most famous of which is an electric light bulb.

In addition, he created the General Electric Company, a business empire worth several hundred billion dollars.

When this outstanding scientist and businessman was a little boy, he, like all of us, went to school, but studied there for only 2.5 months.

After that, the principal of the school called his mother and said: “Your son is mediocre! He is a dumbass and can't study with normal kids! Get him out of school!"

To which this great woman replied: “My son is the most brilliant child in the world! Idiots and stupid - it's you!"

Little Thomas really lagged behind his peers, and school program he was not given, but his mother, with her attitude, in her own words, gave him such a powerful impetus in development that she changed his future. She made his future Great!

Today, without electric light, we simply cannot imagine our life.

But, habitually pressing the switch, few people think about the history of this invention.

To create an electric light bulb, Thomas Edison did more than ten thousand (!) Experiments.

All his colleagues have long lost faith in the possibility of creating a working model.

Edison said, "Yes. Every failure we endure is the only path to truth. Every failure brings us closer right decision. Each time we learn that this path will not lead to success, but immediately choose new way and do a new experiment.

Only for the 1016th time thomas edison light bulb caught fire and changed the course of our civilization.

An everlasting monument to perseverance and the right attitude to failure.

As that first electric light flickered on his lab bench, Edison already saw “huge cities illuminated by substations, a complex system of machines and wires carrying light to city streets, shops, offices, and homes.”

It seemed to many a wild dream, but he lived to see the day when his dream came true.

Two young guys organized a small pizzeria near the University of Michigan.

They didn't have the money to set up a restaurant with seating, so they used an old Volkswagen to deliver pizza to the dorms.

They came up with a brilliant idea: a pizza delivery business.

But at the start, the business did not flourish, so the partners sat down to discuss the current situation. It seemed that the business could never feed two.

Therefore, one of the partners said: “I am leaving and leaving you my half of the enterprise. But I want to get a Volkswagen.”

(Tom Monaghan), second partner, agreed to the deal. He didn't want to quit the business he started.

Thus the company was born Domino's Pizza».

Continuing to develop the enterprise, he created a network, which now costs about 1 billion dollars.

The second partner received a heavily used Volkswagen.

Monaghan created the world's largest pizza delivery firm based on the principles of simplicity and efficiency.

His strategy worked, and statistics from 1989 showed that Domino's made more than half of all pizza in America.

It was the absolute guarantee of delivery within thirty minutes that brought him to the market leaders.

In the early 80s, Monagen had five hundred stores, and by the end of the decade there were already more than five thousand.

His pioneering spirit has made him the ‘King of Pizza’ for home delivery.

“Traditional education encourages you to learn the facts and then emotionally trains you to be afraid of making mistakes. And it's holding you back physically.

To live and be afraid is bad for health, mind, emotions, physical and financial situation.

As stated earlier, I have a lot of money, not because I am stronger in academic knowledge, but because I did large quantity mistakes, recognized the right to make mistakes and learned from them.

I was on my way to make more mistakes... and look forward to more... while most people work hard to avoid making mistakes in the future... that's why we have different futures.

You cannot improve your future if you are not willing to try new things, take risks, make mistakes and learn from them.”

Robert Kiyosaki

Honda brand

Soichiro Honda was the firstborn of a very poor family, the son of a poor blacksmith who repaired bicycles.

His family was so poor that five of the children starved to death in infancy.

An illiterate locksmith from a small Japanese village dreamed of starting his own business.

Having collected all the money, even selling his wife's jewelry, he set up the production of piston rings for the Toyota automobile company.

His fellow villagers were puzzled and surprised - how could an illiterate person open a business?

In addition to making piston rings, Honda was constantly working on his technical inventions. For a long time he did nothing.

Colleagues laughed at him, they believed that we should just continue to produce these rings and not invent anything new, otherwise he would soon go bankrupt.

They mocked him, and it always happens, because little people who are afraid to take risks, afraid to take a step, in general, to do something themselves, enthusiastically accept any of your defeats.

They are glad that you didn't succeed either. This is an excuse for their gray, boring, beggarly life. This is an internal guarantee that they live correctly, do not stick out, do not take risks and do not suffer.

Imagine how you felt Soichiro Honda, when I heard those jokes.

But it was at this moment that a miracle happened. Soichiro figured out how to ride a bike without expending effort. He attached a small motor to his wife's bicycle and made his first moped.

If at that moment he had listened to the “well-wishers” and refused to continue inventing, maybe all his life he would have been just one of the thousands of Toyota suppliers. Nobody knows, but quite wealthy person.

Born out of failure great empire Honda, which is now one of the five largest automotive giants and produces 75% of all motorcycles in the world and a huge amount of necessary household appliances.

Here Soichiro Honda's formula for success:“Success comes only through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success is only 1% of your work, and the other 99% is failure.”

Honda did for motorcycles what Henry Ford did for cars. He took a dormant stagnant market and made it active and dynamic.

His relentless drive to realize his dream of a superb car has translated into elegant cars.

Honda was a constant trendsetter in motorcycle design throughout the world from the mid-fifties to the early nineties.

Honda's Acura became the world's best-selling car in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992, according to Car and Track magazine ('Car and Road').

In 1991 they also created the hugely popular sports car, the NSX.

In 1993, they again won accolades from J.D. Power - 'Acura' was again named the most popular model in the United States.

'Honda' holds the status of the largest company formed after the Second World War in Japan.

This recognition and success is the merit of a man who came out of a beggarly environment of a small Japanese town with a modern mindset and a willingness to take risks in search of a new one that appealed to the Americans.

In Japan, a country where public loyalty is at the forefront, Honda was a real non-conformist. His nickname, 'Mr. Thunder’ seemed so out of proportion to the small stature and incomprehensible demeanor of a typical Japanese executive.

He is an example of perseverance, humility, pleasant manners and the ability to perceive mistakes as a valuable asset.

Stallone dreamed of acting in films.

He went to screen tests, participated in extras, but no one took him.

A couple of times he was filmed in extras, where in the background someone punched him in the face - this was all that he achieved in several years of knocking on the thresholds of studios, directors and film producers.

At twenty-five, he was still unknown to anyone. He didn't even have acting experience!

Who needed him in Hollywood, where from morning till night 250,000 talented, already established actors are waiting for invitations and ready to fly like a bullet to any meeting that provides a chance?

The likelihood that Stallone would be invited to the main role was not just zero, it was negative.

Only in delirium can a person imagine that he will develop a career with such competition, insignificant personal data and no track record in the cinema!

With his dream to act in films, he annoyed absolutely everyone. He ran out of money. His wife told him many times, “Listen, get on with the real thing. Stop delusional, stop living in illusions! We don't have anything to live on anymore."

Indeed, by that time they had to sell all the worthwhile things from the house. Soon the wife herself slammed the door and left this "crazy man".

Stallone has only one dog left and empty apartment without heating and electricity, because for debts in America, gas, electricity, and water are very quickly turned off.

He turned into a beggar, he was terribly poor - there was no money even for food. But this dreamer really wanted to act in films. All his friends and relatives told him: “What are you doing? Stop! You don't stand a chance!"

Sylvester Stallone still lived his dream. When it became cold and it was impossible to be in the house, he went to warm himself in public libraries, flipped through magazines and read books there.

And then one day he said to himself: “I will write a script, I will achieve the main role through this script, and my dream of becoming an actor will come true!”

He began to write one script after another, but no one accepted these scripts, he received rejection after rejection.

When it got really bad and there was nothing to eat, he was forced to sell his only friend - his dog. When he was selling it, he told the buyer: “I will definitely find you. I don't sell friends, I don't sell my dog ​​- I just don't have anything to feed it. When I have money, I will definitely find you, and I will definitely ransom you.”

But there was no money, and no chance either.

Complete dead end, complete loneliness, complete poverty.

What to do? Maybe refuse? Oh no! I will play in the movies! I will achieve my goal.

And then one day, when he saw the fight of Muhammad Ali on TV, it dawned on him!

He felt such inspiration, such a tremor in his body, he was literally “sausaged”. He took a pen and paper and wrote the script for the movie Rocky.

Inspired by his work, he went for the thousandth time in an endless circle from producers to directors, from directors to producers.

But no one wanted to take his script. Everyone refused to even pay attention to him.

This went on for several weeks until two young producers read the script. They told him, “Great, man. Good script. Here's $15,000 for you. We buy it, and be happy!”

To which they received an unexpected answer: “No! I'm not giving away the script just like that. I have to play the lead role." They were amazed at his impudence and sent Sylvester Stallone to hell.

But after a while they called him again and offered him $100,000. He again disagreed.

The producers popularly explained to him, “Look at you. You are small, unattractive, you have no talent, you are unprofessional. What the hell is the lead role? Take the money! We'll hire a good actor and make even more money, and we'll give you a percentage of the box office."

Being in the most distressful situation, experiencing a terrible need, Sylvester Stallone answered: “No! I disagree. I have to play the lead role!”

Again he was sent to hell, again time passed, and again the conversation took place: “250 thousand dollars, a very good, profitable percentage of the box office - and all your problems will end. Well, why do you need this main role? Why are you missing out on maybe your only chance in life?”

"Not! Stallone said. “I will sign the documents only on the condition that I play the lead role.”

More time has passed. Since these producers really liked the script, they spat and agreed.

Naturally, they only gave him $15,000 and a percentage of the box office gross. By the way, he gave these 15 thousand in order to return his dog, because. the buyer, who heard about his luck, agreed to return the dog, bought for only $ 50, to him only after Stallone laid out his entire fee - $ 15 thousand.

Today Sylvester Stallone is a cult actor.

His scripts, his films, his roles have become classics of world cinema.

He achieved his dream, he achieved his goal.

Judge for yourself how true he was to his dream, and through how many trials he had to carry his dream of becoming an actor!

Nothing is easier than being busy and nothing is harder than being Productive.”
Alan Mackenzie

How did Napoleon work?

Listen to the story.

A young man comes from the city of Kryzhopol without any connections, only with his own mind and efforts, at the age of thirty he becomes the president of Russia (and how old are you now?), And in just ten years, through his efforts, Russia lying in ruins becomes one of the strongest European powers …

Fiction? Guess what: it was.

One young man, just like you, only in France, really did it. He was originally from the province of Corsica, and his name was Napoleon.

So, once again: he was no different from you. Well, maybe just your ability to work.

This is a short excerpt from the book Ben Vader "Brilliant Bonaparte".

He seeks to foresee everything that should happen, since one cannot rely on chance, one should always be ready for anything, act without delay.

Such superhuman activity amazes even the least enthusiastic of all people, the pessimistic philosopher Schopenhauer, who exclaims in rapture: "Bonaparte is the most excellent embodiment of the human will."

There is nothing of an ideologue in him, for his spirit is the highest degree three great qualities of a statesman are inherent: realism, common sense and imagination.

A realist, he directs his boundless genius to solve the most banal issues.

- Every day has its own dirty work, each circumstance has its own law, each creature has its own nature.

A realist, he knows how to get the most out of the people he evaluates with one glance.

“Come to me,” he suggests to the young royalist leaders who are fighting against him in the Vendée, “my government will be the government of youth and intelligence.

He engages his employees, both civilian and military, in a whirlwind of work.

After eight hours of deliberations, as night falls, the ministers collapse from fatigue; he passes behind the chairs, shaking them by the shoulders:

- Well, well, citizens ... It's only two o'clock in the morning ... We must properly work off the money that France pays us.

He often says, as if convincing his entourage:

- Day - what a century!

A realist, he puts the interest of the state first, both out of necessity and out of inner conviction, exercising power not only with undiminished energy, but also with unflagging meticulousness. Technical organization working days of the emperor is a clear evidence of his diligence in this area.

Rising at dawn, in a dressing gown, he looks through personal correspondence and newspapers, receiving a doctor, architects or his librarian during the morning toilet; while he lies in the bath, urgent dispatches are read to him.

He dresses, leaves his apartment at 9 o'clock, receives officers, members of his family or dignitaries. This protocol rise is at the same time part of the working day, since it summons to itself those civilians and military persons whom I would like to ask certain questions or from whom I intend to demand explanations.

Short audiences follow, for like Goethe he knows the secret of time, and often his blue eyes darken to black when some garrulous visitor tries his patience too long.

He has breakfast at 9.30, but not always, as protracted audiences often allow him to come to the table only by 11 o'clock.

It is a pity for him to waste time on food, and he gets rid of this unpleasant duty in 7-8 minutes. But he uses this short pause to receive artists or scientists and ask them a lot of questions.

After a short rest in the apartments of the Empress, he goes to his office and plunges into work, that is, into the management of an empire that occupies half of Europe and has 83 million inhabitants.

Maps, plans, diagrams and statistical tables are spread out in the neighboring topographic office, they are always at hand in case of need.

He throws his hat and sword on a chair and, pacing back and forth, dictates to the secretary. His texts bear the imprint of this nervous walk: the phrase is beautifully constructed, but simple, as only ideas occupy his attention.

Occasionally he stops to leaf through a report or a letter: all the topics of his dictations fit - interspersed - in the pantries of his memory. While the secretary cleanly rewrites this verbal stream to turn it into the text of dispatches, Napoleon opens the ministerial dossiers sent to him and reads them without missing a single detail, constantly demanding comments, dotting almost all documents with notes.

Then follows the signing of orders, diplomas, dispatches, which will inform the whole of Europe of the will of the emperor or express his displeasure.

What other monarch studied so many details with such care! Nothing escapes him.

He is scrupulous in regard to the imperial… “44,800 received, 39,800 spent, 5,000 remaining, plus 15,000 receipts in March, which ends, a total of 20,000. March 30th. N."

He finds time to write articles for the official newspaper The Monitor, preside over the Council of State, and write with his own hand to kings or members of his family.

The wall clock in his office strikes six times - it's dinner time, and the empress, charming, with a natural haircut, dizzyingly coquettish, calms the guests.

It happens that the clock strikes seven, eight, nine strikes, sometimes eleven ... The emperor, who had gone headlong into work, forgot about dinner. When he finally sits down at the table for a short quarter of an hour, he has time to give instructions to the marshal, read urgent dispatches or listen to excerpts from the press.

After coffee, he returns to the study, leaving Josephine to take care of the guests, and resumes his dictation or reading.

Having settled down at 10 o’clock, he rises in the middle of the night, reads reports, and most importantly, studies army affairs in detail, putting aside in his memory the movement of regiments, the stages of a difficult march, the number of batteries, monitors the daily state of the treasury and finances.

Often wakes up the secretary, and dictations resume.

The same activity during military campaigns, between two battles, at any bivouac. After Eylau, residing in Fimkenstein Castle thousands of kilometers from his ministers, he continues to rule with the same confidence, calmness and punctuality as from his office in the Tuileries: 310 letters will go into his "Correspondence" in these five weeks.

If you took part in the work of one of the companies and were disappointed by not earning the money that the leaders of these companies earned, if you lost faith in opening your site and did not receive the profit you expected, listen to the stories of people who were not disappointed in business due to initial failures.

Perhaps you will benefit from their experience.

"Too many people break down without even realizing
how close to success they were at the moment when they lost heart"

Today, few people remember how they shaved a few decades ago.

For daily shaving, men used the so-called "straight razor", similar to a sharp-sharp penknife. The razor had to be sharpened periodically using a special leather belt.

In 1900 King Gillette was a traveling salesman.

One morning, on a Midwestern highway, King dropped his straight razor. She split in half.

If you are on the road and cannot shave in the morning, this is a big problem.

However, the shattered blade gave King an idea. He glued two pieces, as a result of which his razor had two cutting edges. He sent a telegram to his wife. It said: “Wow! We are rich!

When King returned to Boston a month later, he found a company that could make him a prototype of this reversible razor.

Then he started selling it.

He sold three in his first year. Seven next year. Razors with two blades became his fixed idea.

A year later, King Gillette sold eleven razors.

This went on for several years.

His obsession hasn't waned. His friends poked fun at him: “Hey King, how are you with razors? Hehehehe."

But King didn't give up.

He believed and continued to sell razors - ten, then two or three dozen a year.

The First World War interrupted his activities.

Gillette took the train and went to Washington.

He offered his invention to the army for free.

The army loved free stuff. The razor was portable and no longer needed a strap to sharpen it.

When the blade became dull, you just had to insert a new blade into the razor.

Blade purchased from a young company Gillette Safety Razor Company.

Its sales exceeded one million pieces that year.

She spent a typical childhood of a girl from a small town without any troubles and upheavals. Years later, she gave the date of her birth to her favorite hero, Harry Potter.

As a child, Rowling, in her own words, was an insecure, chubby girl in horn-rimmed glasses, a nerd and a nerd.

Few parents paid attention to this, but indeed, before Harry Potter, in most schools in Russia, Europe, and the whole world, strong, hooligan, cocky, bright children were heroes, but not "nerds" at all.

This amazing writer, with the help of her books, introduced a fashion for knowledge.

After graduating from school, Joan enters the University of Exeter, where she chooses the specialization "Philology", studying in depth French, Latin and ancient Greek.

Joan began writing her first Harry Potter book back in 1990, when she was twenty-five years old and worked as a secretary in a London publishing house.

She did not have a computer, she wrote her bestseller on pieces of paper and put them in a shoe box.

Soon, in 1990, from multiple sclerosis at the age of 45, her beloved mother dies, and Joan and her sister are left alone.

At the age of 26, Joan goes to Portugal to teach English and soon meets Jorge Arantes, a journalist and playboy, and marries him a year later.

The ambitious husband could not find a job for a long time, and therefore Joan, in order to support her family, had to teach English almost until the birth of her daughter Jessica. And already in October, Joan, family life which did not work out, with a three-month-old Jessica in her arms, she went to the only relative and close person - to her sister in Edinburgh.

She became a semi-poor single mother and lived on state benefits on the outskirts of the city in a gloomy slum. Rowling received only 70 pounds a week, which was completely spent on food and some clothes for Jessie. She was very embarrassed by her plight, literally turning into a beggar.

When Joan first came to the post office to receive cash assistance, she felt “as if a neon arrow was burning above my head, pointing everyone to me. I quickly stuffed my deposit book into my pocket so that no one in line could see what it was.

Another episode that Rowling recalls with pain and sadness is the distribution of old toys in the form of humanitarian aid. Jessica got such a dirty teddy bear that Joan refused to take it: "I felt that my previous humiliation was nothing compared to what I felt when I saw this teddy bear."

The death of her beloved mother, the constant lack of money, the difficult separation from her husband, who literally pushed her out of the house with a small child in her arms, contributed to the development of severe depression.

Sometimes on rainy evenings, when her daughter was sleeping, it seemed to Joan that this black streak of life would never end. From the terrible reality, Joan escaped only at the desk.

Joan wrote her first book for almost five years. Joan sent the manuscript of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone retyped on an old typewriter to various publishers, from where the standard replies came: “Too difficult for children. The kids won't be interested."

But in 1995, the streak of terrible failures finally ended - the manuscript ended up in the Bloombury publishing house, which specialized in the production of children's books.

The first professional to take notice of her books was literary agent Christopher Litel. He saw something unusual in the young writer and recommended that the publisher give the manuscript of the book to a special children's expert council, consisting of boys and girls of different ages, so that they could evaluate the manuscript. The children were delighted with the book, and it was decided to publish The Philosopher's Stone.

Then the literary agent of the writer Christopher Litel took the "Philosopher's Stone" to the largest book fair in Europe in Frankfurt.

And soon the Bloombury publishing house paid JK Rowling an advance of $ 2,250 - a fantastic amount for her.

For the first time in her life, Joan went to a jewelry store and chose an aquamarine ring to match the color of her eyes.

From this moment in fate Joanne Rowling there is an amazing turn - the ugly duckling turns into a beautiful swan.

The first book was published in July 1997, the same year Joan received a grant of 12 thousand dollars and finally bought a computer.

Further more. The Americans bought the rights to The Philosopher's Stone from her for $110,000, and by the summer of 2000, the first three books had sold thirty-five million copies and were translated into 36 languages.

Rowling was finally able to leave her job - she taught French - and fully focus on creativity.

Harry Potter books literally conquered the whole world. And Rowling herself has become a superstar, a cult writer of our time.

The woman writer who made over a billion dollars!

Only in the USA in the two months since the publication of the sixth volume Harry Potter, eleven million copies of the book have been sold.

The sales level of the sixth volume reached seven million copies already within the first day from the date of publication.

And this means that on average more than 250 thousand copies were sold per hour, which broke the record of the fifth book "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", when five million books were sold in the first day.

At the same time, it is worth noting that, now already famous and outstanding, the writer remained a sympathetic, modest, noble person.

• The idea was simple. In the morning, for a few minutes, famous people had to tell the whole country how they had achieved success.

  Especially for this program, an amazing scenery was invented - I talked to people in a huge beautiful elevator that endlessly rises into the sky, as the epitome of climbing to the top.

  Due to our busy schedule, we managed to shoot only 64 programs, but it was very interesting experience in my life - I had the opportunity to directly ask sixty-four famous people Russia about their formula for success.

  And then my friend and teacher Vladimir Yakovlevich Voroshilov came to one of the programs.

  His answer then surprised me, because I was young and did not think at all about many things that I understand and know today.

  When I asked Vladimir Yakovlevich: “What is your formula for success?”, he answered unexpectedly: “This is a disaster. This is defeat."

  I was in a hurry. I was even speechless for a split second.

  At that time, I did not understand the deep meaning of the master. When you endure blow after blow for maybe decades, it is almost impossible to believe in it.

  Defeat is the only way to start your life over.

  It wasn't until a few years later that I realized great meaning Voroshilov's words. When I myself experienced a disaster and managed to get out of it.

  I will briefly describe a few episodes from his life.

  The first defeat, the first blow of fate, he received even when he was just starting to work on television and was a small fry, in my opinion, a sound engineer.

  It is difficult for young people to understand this today, but earlier in the Soviet Union people were forbidden to criticize our system. And during a live program about bards, this criticism, of course, in Aesopian language, but sounded. The secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Party Committee calls the Central Committee and says: “Are you stunned? We put such people in jail, and you let them on TV?”

  A terrible scandal broke out, someone needs to be punished. Voroshilov is punished. They simply explain: “You are still non-party, you are still a Jew, so you will be a switchman.” He is kicked out of television. Resentment, pain, disappointment, he is deprived of his favorite job.

  The next blow of fate. He creates a wonderful transmission of "Come on, guys!" The older generation remembers her, as do I.

  On the set, a guy accidentally, ridiculously dies. Again they close the program, again they are kicked out of television. Hard times are coming, Voroshilov has no money even for food. His friends feed him under various pretexts.

  Injustice, resentment, pain. He invents and hosts the famous program “What? Where? When?".

  Most people of the older generation remember that no one has seen the face of the mysterious presenter for many, many years. Why? This was not the artistic intent of the transmission.

  It's just that when the party leaders looked at the script for the program, they said, “Well, okay. Let this program go on the air, but only on one condition - that this Jewish face is not on the screen. Again humiliation, again pain.

  I have told only a few episodes of his difficult journey.

  And now, having gone through this path, he really became a great master, really made one of the most interesting programs on our television, which has been living for the third decade.

  
  

Today, these people are on the Forbes list, but the beginning of their lives did not portend such a development. Many billionaires have made their fortunes by overcoming social, political, and psychological barriers. Inspirational examples of the richest people in the world.

Members of the Forbes list are considered to be minions of fate, who pulled out a lucky ticket and do not know the hardships of a simple life. However, many billionaires have made their fortunes by climbing out of poverty and overcoming incredible social, political and psychological barriers. The most inspiring stories of the 2015 world ranking in our selection.

Moed Altrad

• Net worth: $1 billion
• Country: France

The story of the 67-year-old French billionaire, who entered the Forbes ranking for the first time this year, is like a fairy tale. Born to a Bedouin family in the Syrian desert, Moed lost his mother at the age of four. His father regularly beat him, and eventually abandoned his son altogether. The orphaned child was raised by his grandmother. Out of superstition, she forbade Moed to attend school, so that the boy actually had to do it in secret.

The craving for knowledge was so great that Altrad received a scholarship to study in France. He moved to his new homeland 46 years ago without a penny in his pocket and without knowing the language. At first, Moed ate no more than once a day the most meager food. But the talent for physics and mathematics gradually helped him out of poverty. He received a degree in information technology and began his career with internships in technology and oil companies.

In 1985, Altrad decided to go into business himself, for which he bought a bankrupt construction plant in the south of France. Despite the lack of experience in the industry, the aspiring entrepreneur very quickly learned the basics of business, made his company profitable and engaged in an expansion that has not ended to this day.

Li Ka-shin

• Wealth: $33.3 billion
• Country: Hong Kong

The richest man in Asia, Li Ka-shing knows firsthand what life is like on the edge of poverty. At the age of 12, he had to drop out of school and work in a watch band factory to support his family. By 1950, he had accumulated the first capital and went into trade. plastic toys and related products. Later, Li Ka-shing bought the factory himself, and things went uphill. Since then, the billionaire's business has grown into a diversified holding with assets in real estate, ports, technology and a host of other industries. Li Ka-shin employs 270,000 people in 52 countries.

Leonardo Del Vecchio

• Wealth: $20.4 billion
• Country: Italy

The mother of the future billionaire sent her son to an orphanage when Leonardo was seven years old - the family did not have enough money to raise a child. After going through a tough orphanage school, at 14 Del Vecchio got a job as an apprentice in a factory that produced eyeglass frames and auto parts. After another eleven years, he founded his own company - Luxxotica. Today it is the world's largest manufacturer of sunglasses and prescription eyewear, owning the Ray Ban and Oakley brands and making products for Burberry, Bulgari, Chanel, DKNY, Dolce & Gabbana, Armani, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany, Versache and many other companies. Del Vecchio in his homeland is deservedly called the "king of points".

Roman Abramovich

• Wealth: $9.1 billion
• Country Russia

The world's most famous billionaire from Russia 14 was orphaned when he was four years old and raised by relatives. Not having received higher education, went to serve in the army, and upon his return he started his first business - selling toys from own apartment. Later, the enterprising entrepreneur made a fortune on oil deals and in 1995 acquired the then powerful Boris Berezovsky as a business partner. In tandem, they bought Sibneft from the state at a more than modest price tag, which became the basis of Abramovich's fortune.

David Murdoch

• Wealth: $3.1 billion
• Country: USA

Dyslexic David did not finish his studies at school and was forced to start working at a gas station from his teenage years until he joined the army in 1943. Returning from the front, he borrowed $1,800 from friends and opened a diner restaurant. Since then, Murdoch's business has grown at an incredible rate. Today he runs the world's largest fruit and vegetable producer and exporter, Dole Food Corporation.

Sheldon Adelson

• Wealth: $31.4 billion
• Country: USA

The son of a taxi driver, Adelson grew up in a small apartment in a "social" house on the outskirts of Boston. He had to sleep on the floor, and his grandmother became the main teacher of the boy. At the age of 12, Sheldon borrowed $200 from his uncle and started selling newspapers and magazines. Since then, the business has grown exponentially. Over the decades of his entrepreneurial career, Adelson has experienced ups and downs - he traded vending machines, advertising publications, consulting services, a service for organizing large conferences, etc. In the end, the businessman found his niche in the gambling business - he became the "King of Las Vegas" , the owner of the largest casino management company Las Vegas Sands, which has a representative office not only in the United States, but also in Macau, China.

John Paul Dejoria

• Wealth: $2.8 billion
• Country: USA

In the early 1980s, DeJoria found himself homeless and sleeping in his car on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. A Vietnam War veteran, he was selling shampoo door-to-door at the time. The businessman has since turned his $ 700 savings into John Paul Mitchell Systems, one of the largest hair care product manufacturers in the country, which he founded together with Paul Mitchell. Today, the company sells a wide range of products, from familiar shampoos to exotic product categories such as tequila (Patrón Spirits brand) and mobile phones(ROK Mobile).

Jan Kum

The iconic TV presenter, producer and women's rights activist was born when her mother was still a minor. She was raised by her grandmother on a farm in Mississippi. Winfrey made her first steps in television in Nashville, Baltimore. She then moved to Chicago, where she forcibly turned a third-rate morning show into the number one federal talk show. Over time, Oprah left the frame, preparing for herself a real business empire, which today includes many businesses, from producing Hollywood films to publishing bestsellers.

Christos Lazari

• Wealth: $2.1 billion
• Country: UK

Now one of the most influential investors in London real estate, Lazari arrived in the British capital at the age of 16 from his small village in Cyprus with 20 pounds in his pocket. At first, he washed dishes and served guests in restaurants, thus saving money for studying design courses. Christos later created his own brand Drendie Girl, but the fashion industry did not work out - and in 1978 the aspiring entrepreneur switched to the real estate market. Today, his Lazari Investments owns 2.5 million square feet of office space in prestigious areas of London.

Miki Jagtiani

• Wealth: $5.2 billion
• Country: India

In his youth, Jagtiani dropped out of college and tried to gain a foothold in London, not disdaining the work of a cleaner at a hotel and a taxi driver. He ended up leaving Britain for Bahrain to help the family run a children's goods store. Soon, within just one year, Miki lost all his close relatives - his mother, father and brother. Business management fell entirely on his shoulders. But Jagtiani did it - and turned the humble store into a $5 billion Landmark Group retail chain with 1,900 points of sale in the Middle East, Africa and India.