How I made my first million

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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.

This millennial launched her fashion brand House of CB on eBay at 17 years old—now it’s making $200 million a year and worn by the Kardashians
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This millennial launched her fashion brand House of CB on eBay at 17 years old—now it’s making $200 million a year and worn by the Kardashians

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June 3, 2025
Quentin Tarantino’s right-hand man says the best financial advice the director gave him is straight from Warren Buffett’s playbook
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Quentin Tarantino’s right-hand man says the best financial advice the director gave him is straight from Warren Buffett’s playbook

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May 28, 2025
This millennial CEO grew up with a heroin addict dad. Now he’s running a multimillion-dollar agency
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This millennial CEO grew up with a heroin addict dad. Now he’s running a multimillion-dollar agency

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May 25, 2025
Finance guru Ramit Sethi made millions in his 20s—years before Warren Buffett. He says Gen Z can too
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Finance guru Ramit Sethi made millions in his 20s—years before Warren Buffett. He says Gen Z can too

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April 25, 2025
Self-made millionaire and Netflix’s finance guru Ramit Sethi reveals the financial red flags that are keeping you from getting rich
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Self-made millionaire and Netflix’s finance guru Ramit Sethi reveals the financial red flags that are keeping you from getting rich

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April 17, 2025
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Multimillionaire musician Will.i.am invested early in Tesla, Twitter, and OpenAI—now he’s betting on Gen Z MIT and Stanford grads for his next investment

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March 17, 2025
Millennial CEO of Too Good To Go started investing money from her first job at age 12—it went towards her first company which sold to Under Armour for $85 million
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Millennial CEO of Too Good To Go started investing money from her first job at age 12—it went towards her first company which sold to Under Armour for $85 million

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January 28, 2025
Apple’s Tim Cook took home $74.6 million last year. But he started out in the world of work with a humble $1.10-an-hour job
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Apple’s Tim Cook took home $74.6 million last year. But he started out in the world of work with a humble $1.10-an-hour job

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January 17, 2025
Pret CEO Pano Christou
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How Pret’s CEO went from a $3 an hour McDonalds worker at 16 years old to earning $5 million last year

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December 29, 2024
Appian’s CEO walked away from millions—twice—but the risk paid off: Now he’s now worth over $4 billion.
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Appian’s CEO walked away from millions—twice—but the risk paid off: Now he’s now worth over $4 billion.

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October 19, 2024
A mom of two put £4000 into her own muesli brand—now it’s turning over £28 million and she goes on vacation twice a month
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A mom of two put £4000 into her own muesli brand—now it’s turning over £28 million and she goes on vacation twice a month

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October 8, 2024
Hinge CEO says he bribed students with KitKats to get the $400 million-a-year business off the ground
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Hinge CEO says he bribed students with KitKats to get the $400 million-a-year business off the ground

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September 22, 2024
Luxury footwear CEO failed almost all his exams—now he runs $432m empire Kurt Geiger
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Luxury footwear CEO failed almost all his exams—now he runs $432m empire Kurt Geiger

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August 28, 2024
Alex Bouaziz, Deel's CEO
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Deel CEO was told he’d need to replace his entire leadership team for the business to reach unicorn status—now it’s valued at $12 billion and he’s ‘kept 80% of the same team as when it was at $0’

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June 23, 2024
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Whop’s Gen Z founder has built a multimillion-dollar business off people who don’t want a desk job—he’s mentored by Tinder’s cofounder and backed by Peter Thiel

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June 9, 2024

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