Why Starting a Business Remains the Path to Creating Wealth

--Secrets of the Self-Made,-- an interactive multi-media article on Forbes.com, offers a revealing glimpse into the minds of some of America's entrepreneurial billionaires.

Among the more interesting information, for me, are the descriptions that these ultra-rich individuals share about their first jobs. (All data on the net worth of these men comes from the Forbes article.)

Franklin Otis Booth Jr., an investor and rancher, started as an electroplater, making 65 cents per hour. Today his net worth is $1.9 billion.

Danny Gilbert, managing partner of Gilbert & Tobin, fueled his entrepreneurial fires as a kid by selling homemade pizzas out of his family's kitchen. Today he is worth $1.1 billion.

Wayne Huizenga, the only person in history to start three Fortune 500 companies, started out pumping gas. Today he is worth $2.1 billion.

Michael Ilitch, founder of Little Caesar's Pizza and owner of sports teams, got his first job removing snow from cars in a used car lot. He is worth $1.5 billion today.

What Do These Titans Have in Common?

These men live in different parts of the country. They have different interests and hobbies. But they do share two things.

First, they didn't like working for other people.

Second, they created wealth by starting their own company.

Are you ready to follow in their footsteps and write your name alongside theirs as one of the world's most successful people? Then do what they did. Start or buy a company.

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Be sure to investigate all our entrepreneurial classes in the Trump University Course Catalog.  This can be the year when you begin to write the story of your own success. The best time to get started? Today.