If you analyze the list of richest people in the world, you will see a lot of bankers, oil tycoons, real estate, and read it quite boring. However, apparently out of it all there are also some of those who achieved wealth of entrepreneurial track unusual and even bizarre. Like what?
1: Join the circus.
Start practicing walking a tightrope, eating fire, acrobatics and juggling because you can make a lot of money if you join the circus. Actually, it can not only join if any. You need to create your own. Guy Laliberte is a performer of street and homeless people of Canada who created the Cirque du Soleil for the celebration of the 450th anniversary of Canada. Now, Cirque du Soleil is an international sensation with over 4000 performers in 40 countries and annual revenue of $ 800 million. The hard work and ingenuity, Guy Laliberte was rewarded with a net worth of $ 2.6 billion.
2: Producing Energy Drink.
Over the past few decades, energy drinks has grown into an annual industry worth more than $ 10 billion. If you happen to have one of the top brands, you no doubt is a very rich man. In the mid-1980s, Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz, bought the rights to a beverage company of Thailand, known as Krating Daeng. Mateschitz spent the next 20 years to change it to Red Bull drinks, and in the process, creating a $ 5.3 billion fortune for himself. Mateschitz also has a F1 racing team, two football clubs and a private paradise island in Fiji.
Or, you'll often see commercials for the 5-Hour Energy. You may be surprised to learn that its founder, Manoj Bhargava is a former Indian monk. 5-Hour Energy sells over 10 million bottles a week and Manoj Bhargava has a net worth of $ 1.3 billion.
3: Making Salsa.
Christopher Goldsbury made a lot of smart moves in her life. First, he married a woman whose father had a factory Pace Salsa in 1967. Over a period of 20 years, he rose from the vegetable cutter to become president of the company. Along the way, Goldsbury and his wife bought shares family and running his own company until their divorce in 1987. Christopher pay his wife $ 95 million for half of his business which he then grow massively over the next decade. In 1996, Goldsbury sell Pace to Campbell Soup, make it have a net worth of $ 1.3 billion.
4: Being a professor at Stanford.
Who says a teacher, lecturer, or other teaching staff can not make a lot of money? A professor at Stanford, David Cheriton, managed to find a creative way to add a small teaching salary. Over the years, Cheriton make a small investment in the ideas of his pupil, now a great success. His first hit was a graduate student and project co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Andy Bechtolsheim. But the biggest hit Cheriton did not come until he wrote a check for $ 100,000 to two young graduate students named Larry Page and Sergey Brin who wants to revolutionize the search engine. The pair used the money to set up Google. Today, David Cheriton investment of $ 100,000 worth of $ 1.3 billion!
5: Helping Others to Thin.
There are many overweight people who are willing to spend a lot of money to lose weight. S. Daniel Abraham is one of the first to try to take advantage of this opportunity. He released a series of failed products, including sweets weight loss. Until he hit the jackpot with Slim-Fast shakes low in carbohydrates. Over the next 20 years, Slim-Fast grow into a giant beverage packaging until the company was acquired by Unilever for $ 2.3 billion in 2000. When the deal was done, S. Daniel Abraham net worth reached $ 1.7 million! Today, Abraham used his fortune to promote peace in the Middle East and improving nutrition in America.
6: Helping Others looked thinner.
If you can not lose weight, at least you can make other people look thin through clothing "body shaper". That's what Sara Blakely when he discovered in 2000. Blakely Spanx Spanx start in his living room. Spanx sales slow at first, but after Oprah supports this slimming pantyhose on his show, sales exploded. Until now Sara Blakely still owns 100% of Spanx and has a net worth of $ 1 billion.
7: Make People Appear More Stuff When They exercise.
Not long ago, it is almost impossible to look cool while exercising. Clothing options there are very uncomfortable. Existing fabric, heavy and not breathing. Thus, tight black pants revolutionary Lululemon improve the flexibility and comfort of women during exercise such as yoga. It also makes them look very sexy when performing everyday tasks. Because of his best-selling, today, Lululemon founder, Chip Wilson has a net worth of $ 2.9 billion!
On the other hand, Kevin Plank founded Under Armour Inc. Under Armour using synthetic materials that can breathe 100 times more than cotton. Such as Spanx, their sales stalled at first, but after Plank put $ 25,000 worth of ads in ESPN Magazine, the company creates momentum and generate more than $ 1 million. Now, Under Armour is a public company where Plank still has a majority stake. Plank net worth of $ 1.1 billion.
8: Playing with Dolls.
After a failed acting career and 20 years of work at a toy company, Ty Warner quit and moved to Italy for a vacation. While on vacation this he got enlightenment. Warner immediately returned to Michigan where he mortgaged his house and launched the Ty Inc., the forerunner, Beanie Babies. Warner proved to be a brilliant marketer. He uses the limited production and release of secrets to build anticipation and creating hype on every launch doll. Ty formula works very well. In 1995, the demand for Beanie Babies craze. Ty Inc. has the advantage of more than $ 700 million. Today, Ty Warner net worth of $ 2.4 billion, and it all starts with dolls.
9: Collecting Comic Books.
Isaac Perlmutter came to America from Israel in the early 20s with less than $ 250 in his pocket. His first job was hanging out at the Jewish cemetery where he translated the funeral service for a money tips. Over the next 20 years, Perlmutter street markets to explore the world of wholesale trade. He formed a business that specializes in selling merchandise unsold. He will pay a penny for unwanted items, then sell the goods with a small profit. In the '90s, Isaac was able to buy Marvel Enterprises that are bankrupt barely worth much. As CEO of Marvel Comics, Perlmutter really revitalize this brand with a series of blockbuster movies, toys and comic success. In 2005, Marvel was acquired by Disney in a deal worth $ 800 million in cash and $ 600 million Disney shares. Today Isaac Perlmutter net worth of $ 1.9 billion.
10: Other Random Idea.
- Lonnie Johnson has a net worth of $ 360 million thanks to the super wet penemua water pistol.
- John Paul Jones DeJoria has a net worth of $ 4 billion thanks to Paul Mitchell shampoo.
- Michael Flatley is worth $ 650 million thanks to Riverdance, Irish-style dance style that had success in the 90s.
- Gabe Newell worth $ 1.5 billion thanks to his video game company Valve Corporation which created the ground breaking games such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Portal.
Well buddy Studentpreneur not mean strange idea will menganntarkan you so richly granted. Millionaires, if you read carefully, in fact, also have to struggle to realize their ideas, desperately. Hopefully this story inspire you to become the next millionaire. What do you think?
