From Stan Lee to Obama: The World’s Latest Millionaires

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Many of the world’s richest people began their careers straight out of college, but for some millionaire and billionaire status didn’t come until much later. From some of the world’s best-known actors to a former President of the United States, here are some of the world’s latest millionaires :

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Samuel L. Jackson

Despite being on the front lines of Hollywood celebrity for years, Samuel L. Jackson only hit the jackpot when he landed a role in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever at the age of 43. The award-winning role saw the actor quickly rise to fame and subsequently rack up tons of money. It is rumored that he has a net worth of 250 million euros.
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Stan Lee

Shortly before his 39th birthday, the late Stan Lee rose to fame with the creation of his Fantastic Four comic. After this, he went on to create the legendary Marvel Universe, which included iconic characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men. It was estimated that he had a net worth of around 50 million euros at the time of his death, in November 2018.
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Henry Ford

It wasn’t until he turned 45 that the acclaimed Henry Ford began to feed his voracious entrepreneurial spirit. In 1908, Ford created his brand’s revolutionary Model T automobile, considered the first affordable car ever made. The iconic model transported Ford to a territory where he was rained with money, and he left his family with an estimated fortune of 2,000 million euros at the time.

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Barack Obama

The former president made quite a bit of money during his White House tenure, but it wasn’t his presidency that made him super-rich. Obama republished his first book Dreams From my Father at the age of 43, taking advantage of his journey into politics. The book earned him his first million and he has since published three more titles, including A Promised Land, which set a first-day sales record in bookstores by selling nearly 890,000 copies in a single day.Barack Obama’s Net worth is estimated to be around $70 million.

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Charles Darwin

Arguably one of the most famous contributors to the world of science with his famous theory of human evolution, Charles Darwin was just 21 years old when he went on his famous voyage on HMS Beagle. However, his work as a naturalist did not make him a millionaire until he was 50, when he published On the Origin of Species. When he died in 1922, Darwin was estimated to have a net worth of €150,000, which in today’s money would be nearly €10 million.