Sam Walton: From Milking Cows to Founding Retail Giant Walmart
You probably don’t know Sam Walton. But you sure do know Wal-Mart. Right? Well, he’s the man behind it. Sam Walton was an American retail tycoon and entrepreneur who …
Category: Success Stories
Xerox’s CEO, Ursula Burns: From Poverty to Becoming the First Black Woman CEO
Ursula Burns was declared by Forbes to be the one of the world’s most powerful woman back in 2009. She still is, and all for good reason. Ursula M. …
The Incredible Rags-to-Riches Story of Self-Made Billionaire Oprah Winfrey
Oprah’s Incredible Story of Failures and Success Today, however, Oprah’s net worth is about $3 billion and she is the only black woman on the publication’s list of the …
Michael Jackson was on verge of bankruptcy before death, banker testifies in court
Michael Jackson enjoyed a chart-topping career both with the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist. He released the best-selling album in history, ‘Thriller,’ in 1982. But he died …
Mark Twain: The Intellectual’s Journey From Rags to Riches and to Rags Again
An adventurer and wily intellectual, Mark Twain wrote the classic American novels ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’ Mark Train is a popular figure in …
J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter creator, used to live on welfare, now she earns billions (and other amazing facts about J.K.)
“By every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.” Those are the words of J.K. Rowling – the author whose book series has been translated into 73 …
Meat Shop Millionaire: The Story Behind the Success of Manny Valencia
Manny Valencia is among the rags-to-riches personalities here in the Philippines. His success did not came in a swift swoosh, but rather, he has sweat a lot through and …
The Success Story of Trining Climaco: The Pinay Garbage Collector
For over a long period of time, it has been a metaphor to Filipino people, that “there is fortune in garbages”, or in Filipino language, “may pera sa basura”. …
The Success Story of the Richest Man in the Philippines Today
Henry Sy, a retail store business magnate, is now the Philippines’ richest man. His road to success was not an easy one, and was considered as one the most …
The Story Behind the Success of One Engineer Gregorio Sanchez Jr.
Another rags-to-riches story is the story of Gregorio Sanchez Jr. The narrative of how he managed to beat all odds and survive poverty is truly an inspiring one. Today, …