Continued...... Shahid Khan The franchise owner of Jacksonville Jaguars & Fulham F.C. and the owner of Flex-n-Gate, the auto parts manufacturing company, Shahid Khan’s net worth is $3.8 billion. He was born in Pakistan, migrated to America at the age of 16 for studies. He worked as a dish washer during his early days in America. He got a degree in engineering from UIUC school of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Kenneth Langone The chairman of Geeknet and Co-founder of The Home Depot, Kenneth Langone’s estimated worth is $ 2.1billion. He was born to parents who earned living by working as plumber and cafeteria worker. He himself took up blue collar jobs to support himself. He attended the night school at New York University Stern School of Business while working during the day. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey, the host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, is the chairperson of Oprah Winfrey Network, actress, producer philanthropist and the only African-American billionaire worth $2.9 billion. She was born to an unwed mother and was brought up by her grandmother. She had gone through repeated molestations at the hands of male relatives and became pregnant at the age of 14, the baby died in infancy. However, such instances never blocked her way to shine and she went on to win the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and got an on air job at a radio station.
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