Nouveau Riche: Rags to Riches Stories

Here is a list of some of the most admirable persons that appeared in a most watched list of persons in 1991: TSAI WAN-LIN, JAY VAN ANDEL, RICHARD M. DeVOS, ANTON CASPAR RUDOLPH DREESMANN, ANTON RUPERT, CHARLES FEENEY, CHUNG JU-YUNG, CURTIS CARLSON, DAVID H. MURDOCK, DONALD W. REYNOLDS, HANS LIEBHERR, HIROSHI YAMAUCHI, HUGO ERB, HUGO MANN, INGVAR KAMPRAD, JACK KENT COOKE, JOHN RICHARD SIMPLOT , KARL ALBRECHT, KENKICHI NAKAJIMA , LARS-ERIK LUNDBERG, LORD KADOORIE LAWRENCE, LESLIE WEXNER, LI KA-SHING, LIEM SIOE LIONG, MICHELE FERRERO, MONGKOL KANCHANAPAS, PAUL ALLEN, NEJAT FERIT ECZACIBASI, OTTO BEISHEIM, PHILIP H. KNIGHT, RICHARD BRANSON, SEBASTIAO FERRAZ DE CAMARGO PENTEADO, SHIN KYUK-HO, SHOJI UEHARA, SILVIO BERLUSCONI, TAKEMITSU TAKIZAKI, WALTER KWOK, WILLI LEIBBRAND, WILLIAM GATES III, WILLIAM SOERYADJAYA, Y. F. CHANG.

They have s single but the most valuable bond to share among them. They all started as humble as any ordinary man can start life or business, with very little or no money. And they were featured in the 1991 list of billionaires (THE BILLIONAIRES 1991, September 9, 1991, FORTUNE Magazine). In simple terms they can be described as Nouveau Riche, (French for "new rich", or "new money"), or stories of "rags-to-riches" persons.

Wikipedia describes, " Rags-to-riches refers to a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame. This is a common archetype in literature and popular culture. These stories give the poor hope that they can rise to fame and wealth. They are most popular in societies such as the United States, where confidence in the ability to move between social classes is an important part of the national identity.”