Alan Sugar | $1.4 Billion

Alan Sugar has an interesting rags-to-riches story. Considered one of the wealthiest people in the UK, Sugar was born to a poverty-stricken family in London’s East End. He grew up struggling to make ends meet. At 21, he put up Amstrad, a small business that sold electrical items. It was in 1984 when Amstrad launched personal computers that his career skyrocketed. He is currently famous for being this frank, sometimes gibberish, host of the show The Apprentice.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sugar became a billionaire in 2015. In 2016, his net worth was said to be $1.4 billion. That’s about enough money to fund a small country’s money loans! At the end of the day, Mr. Sugar’s story is one worth following simply because of its ability to inspire. He is, after all, the guy who’s been telling people that if he can do it, so can they.