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She was 19 when she dropped out of Stanford to start a blood-testing company. By 30, she was a billionaire on magazine covers. By 38, she was a convicted felon reporting to federal prison. This is the factual record of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos — one of the biggest corporate frauds in American history. Elizabeth

He dropped out of college at 18 with ₹10 in his pocket. 💰 Gautam Adani went from sorting diamonds in Mumbai to becoming the 3rd richest man on Earth — then survived a $104 billion attack on his empire. This is one of the wildest business stories ever told. Gautam Adani Then 🌱 Gautam Adani

He bought Mexico during its worst crisis and became the richest man on Earth. 💰 Carlos Slim Helú — the telecom titan worth $102 billion — went from the son of Lebanese immigrants to beating Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the world’s #1 spot. This is how he did it. Carlos Slim Then 🌱

She met Steve Jobs as a Stanford MBA student and ended up with $20 billion. 💰 Laurene Powell Jobs — the Apple widow turned mega-philanthropist — has given away half of Steve Jobs’ fortune and says the rest won’t go to her kids. This is her story. Laurene Powell Jobs Then 🌱 Laurene Powell Jobs

She started as a summer intern at her family’s company and ended up running $7 trillion. 💰 Abigail Johnson — Fidelity’s chairman and CEO, worth $30 billion — is the richest person in Massachusetts and one of the most powerful women in finance. This is how she did it. Abigail Johnson Then 🌱 Abigail Johnson

He started mowing lawns at 14 and ended up running the largest pile of money in the world. Stephen Schwarzman — the Blackstone co-founder worth nearly $46 billion, the “King of Wall Street” — turned $400,000 into more than $1 trillion. This is how the son of a Philadelphia dry goods store owner conquered global

He turned $5 million into $500 billion, passed on 20% of Amazon, and bought a 13th-century Magna Carta for fun. David Rubenstein — the Carlyle Group co-founder who became a TV interviewer, patriotic philanthropist, and at 75, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles — has lived several careers in one lifetime. This is how a

She went from writing code at Microsoft to co-running the largest private charity in human history — then walked away from it with $12.5 billion to start over on her own terms. Melinda French Gates spent two decades in one of the world’s most famous marriages and emerged as one of philanthropy’s most independent forces.

He started with $500, a handshake, and a pair of running shoes sold from the trunk of his car. Sixty years later, the swoosh he once hated is one of the most recognized logos on earth, and Phil Knight — the shy Oregon track runner who built Nike — is worth more than $35 billion.

Alex Karp Then Alexander Caedmon Karp was born on October 2, 1967, in New York City and was raised in Philadelphia. Unlike most technology chief executives, his route into the industry ran through the humanities and the law rather than engineering: he studied at Haverford College, earned a law degree at Stanford Law School, and