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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.
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Success
This podcaster went from a top insurance salesman to #1 on Apple Podcasts making $7 million a year. He tells Gen Z they just need a phone to copy him
By Preston ForeSeptember 6, 2025
A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’
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A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 15, 2025
I went from side-hustling to running a $27 million-a-year marketing agency that works with MrBeast: Here’s my most important investment 
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I went from side-hustling to running a $27 million-a-year marketing agency that works with MrBeast: Here’s my most important investment 
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 18, 2025
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Scale AI’s 30-year-old billionaire founder still shops at Shein and pulls up to work in a Honda Civic: ‘Act broke, stay rich,’ Lucy Guo says
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 8, 2025
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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 17, 2025
Pret CEO Pano Christou
Success
How Pret’s CEO went from a $3 an hour McDonalds worker at 16 years old to earning $5 million last year
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 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.
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 8, 2024
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