How I made my first million
How I Made My First Million, from Fortune Success: The inside scoop on how entrepreneurs, investors, and CEOs built their fortunes—and how you can too.
SuccessPhilippines’ first male Olympic gold medalist in history was given a fully furnished $550,000 condo and a lifetime supply of ramen to go with his medals
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 4, 2026
SuccessAlexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House, and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career.’ He founded Reddit
By Preston ForeJanuary 31, 2026
SuccessKayla Itsines became a millionaire at 22 and sold her fitness app for $400 million—buying a gas station paid her rent
By Emma BurleighJanuary 30, 2026
SuccessHinge CEO says he bribed students with Kit Kats to get the $550-million-a-year business off the ground: ‘I had to beg and borrow a lot‘
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 12, 2025
SuccessMeet Luana Lopes Lara: The 29-year-old ex-ballerina spent college summers working for Ray Dalio and Ken Griffin—now she’s the youngest female self-made billionaire
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 4, 2025
SuccessDeel’s CEO was told to sack his entire leadership team—he ignored other founders, kept the original $0 crew and is now running a $17 billion giant
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 19, 2025
Arts & EntertainmentAfter selling his business for $532 million, this millennial says a life of leisure was surprisingly ‘boring’, so he’s choosing to go back to work
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 9, 2025
SuccessReddit cofounder once walked away with $10 million—He returned and helped lead the company to a $40 billion market cap today
By Preston ForeOctober 28, 2025
SuccessBig Bang Theory star had an existential crisis after his big break—despite making $1 million an episode: ‘I was in my early 30s, and I had everything… but you feel empty’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 20, 2025
SuccessThis millennial went from being a builder on $5 an hour to launching (and selling) Wingstop UK for $532 million—with zero restaurant experience
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 12, 2025
SuccessFlexjet’s chairman was living with his parents—then he borrowed $500 from his dad to help buy a company, and became a billionaire
By Emma BurleighOctober 1, 2025
SuccessMultimillionaire Big Bang Theory star says he scrubbed toilets, waited tables and played a terrorist before finding fame on the show—‘any job I could’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 27, 2025
SuccessSelf-made millionaire behind $4 billion Skims says it all began with a cold call to Kris Jenner: ‘I have no delusions of who gets to run a business’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 23, 2025
