Publisher's Synopsis
Rags-to-riches stories aren't circulated simply to generate publicity for the people involved: They have the power to help inspire entrepreneurs around the world. Entrepreneurs like you.
Such stories can also help you discover how people in your industry, or any industry, became successes, and how you, like them, need not start out with all the advantages in life.
Here, then, are some of the biggest rags-to-riches stories: Famous people who have overcome difficult odds to offer real rags to riches story. This includes both financial rags to riches stories, but also people who have triumphed in other fields such as sport and music.
