From Nothing to Empire: Billionaires Who Grew Up Poor

These 10 billionaires started with nothing: refugees, orphans, kids who failed school and people who lived in their cars. Here's how each one went from poor to billionaire, told in fast, hand-drawn animation. #billionaires #ragstoriches #successstories You'll see how a kid who failed math twice built Alibaba, how a 12-year-old refugee became the richest man in Hong Kong, how an orphan built the world's biggest eyewear company, and how a man who lived in his car built his own movie studio. CHAPTERS 0:00 John Paul DeJoria – "Least likely to succeed" to Patrón 1:11 Jack Ma – Failed math twice, built Alibaba 2:44 Tyler Perry – From living in his car to his own studio 3:59 Jan Koum – From food stamps to WhatsApp 5:17 Howard Schultz – From the projects to Starbucks 6:40 Dhirubhai Ambani – $3/month to $80 Billion 7:54 Oprah Winfrey – The girl in potato-sack dresses 9:09 Jay-Z – The kid no label would sign 10:09 Leonardo Del Vecchio – From orphanage to Ray-Ban 11:20 Li Ka-shing – Refugee to Hong Kong's richest man 12:26 Who should be next? Every story is fact-checked. Net worth figures are based on Forbes estimates at the time of production (Del Vecchio's is his fortune at his death in 2022). Which billionaire should we cover next? Tell us in the comments. Subscribe to 2learn for more stories worth knowing. 2learn: everything has a backstory.