Famous rags to riches stories.

Famous people who have overcome difficult odds to offer a true rags to riches story .This includes both financial rags to riches stories, but also people who have trimphed in other fields such as sport and music.

STEVE JOBS .

1955 _ 2011 Steve Jobs struggled with formal education, dropping out of college . He went on to be cofounder of Apple computers, and a leading exponent of the personal computer revolution. His net wealth in 2010 was estimated to be 8.2 billion.

 

OPRAH WINFREY ,1954

was born in rural Mississipi and brought up in inner city milwaukee,despite her difficult up bringing, she became one of the best known american TV personalities and the founder of the highly successful OPRAH brand.