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| Image credit: Gatenotes | Blog of Bill Gates |
Wealth is inspiring. But wealth created from nothing is the stuff that
startup dreams are made of.
Entrepreneurs working to launch or grow their business have to power
through late nights, early mornings, and waking up in the middle of the night
thinking about what still needs doing. That constant hustle can leave a wake of
stress and anxiety. Getting through it requires a great deal of focus and
ambition, and sometimes, a little reminder that some of the most powerful
people in the world started out just like you.
Bill Gates, the legendary founder of tech giant Microsoft, is the
wealthiest of the elite self-made billionaires club, with an estimated net
worth of $85.7 billion, according to a list released today by Wealth-X, a
Singapore-based firm that compiles research on the ultra wealthy. Second to
Gates is Warren Buffett, the guru-investor with a net worth just north of $70
billion. And rounding out the top three positions is Amancio Ortega, the
Spanish founder of the fast-fashion dynasty Zara, who has a net worth of $65
billion.
The list of self-made billionaires is living proof of that oft
romanticized notion of the American Dream. Of the top 25 wealthiest self-made
billionaires, 14 are American entrepreneurs. Taken together, those 14
entrepreneurs are worth $514.2 billion. To put that in perspective, that’s more
than the economic output of Norway, according to Wealth-X.
The tech sector also makes a strong showing on the list with the likes
of Larry Ellison of Oracle taking the fourth spot and Mark Zuckerberg of
Facebook taking the eighth spot.
Have a spin through the list of 25 below. Rev your ambition engine and
get your startup dreams going.
Source: Entrepreneur
