People who became millionaires for unexpected reasons
While we all spend at least five to six days a week working for a living, there are people getting lucky or taking risks at the right time who suddenly become millionaires.
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There was a seven-year-old boy who watched a lot of toy videos on YouTube and decided to do vlogs about other toys. The boy then made $22 million a year from his videos and product line at Walmart.
Ryan's YouTube channel has influenced the world of toys in the same way that PewDiePie, a Swedish comedian and video game commentator, influenced video games. As of February 2019, one of Ryan's videos titled "Surprise Toy Challenge with Giant Eggs" has surpassed 1.7 billion views. From eighth place on YouTube highest paid in 2016-2017 with $11 million in revenue, he became the highest paid with $22 million in 2018.
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In 1992, while searching for a lost hammer with a metal detector, a retired man found a huge Roman treasure containing 15,234 coins. The British government then paid him and the landowner £1.75 million to buy back the artifacts.
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There is a woman named Ailin Graef, aka Anshe Chung, who became an actual millionaire by selling virtual real estate on the online world Second Life.
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Dahl then bought rocks for a penny each, and the price this man sold these "pets" was also extremely reasonable. His biggest expense was the production of the boxes and the “Official Training Manual” – a 32-page pamphlet called “Care and Training Your Pet”.
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During the Great Depression, a banker persuaded a small town of troubled families in Florida to buy shares of Coca-Cola. This town became the richest town per capita in the US and is now home to at least 67 millionaires.
In the 20s and 30s, the farming town of Quincy was struggling to survive. But Pat Munroe noticed that the townspeople were buying bottles of Coca-Cola with their remaining money. At the time, the company's stock was fairly cheap at $19 per share. So he invested in stocks, and as a trusted banker, many took his advice and also invested even when the market went down.
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