10 Self-Made Billionaires Who Came From Nothing

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No. 8 Kenneth Langone – Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD)

Net worth: $2.1 billion

Langone’s parents worked as a plumber and cafeteria worker, and he helped pay for his own tuition to Bucknell University. He had to work at various jobs, and his parents mortgaged their home. Langone teamed up with Ross Petrot and took Electronic Data Systems (HP) public. In 1981, he started Home Depot with Bernard Marcus.

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