Many of us struggle with thinking of ways to rake in huge amounts of dough. Some of us, don’t have to since they’ve won the great parent raffle. But not having rich parents isn’t always an excuse not to get rich.

As Forbes has it, there are 680 self-made billionaires in the world and many of them have rags-to-riches stories.

  • Here’s Forbes’ list of ten exceptional billionaires who started out poor.
  • Roman Abramovich: $11.2 billion
  • John Paul DeJoria: $4 billion
  • Leonardo Del Vecchio: $10.5 billion
  • Larry Ellison: $28 billion
  • Micky Jagtiani: $2.8 billion
  • Steve Jobs: $5.5 billion
  • Li Ka-shing: $21 billion
  • Guy Laliberte: $2.5 billion
  • J.K. Rowling: $1 billion
  • Oprah Winfrey: $2.4 billion

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