How They Made Their Millions

By Vijay PeduruBusiness Entrepreneurship

How They Made Their Millions episodes

May 17, 2022 121: Nathan's Famous Restaurants: Nathan Handwerker - From a restaurant dish-washer to a Multi-millionaire.
Nathan Handwerker, whose first job at age 6 was peddling knishes in what is now Poland, immigrated to New York when he was barely 20. He had no formal education, spoke no English and began his restaurant career as a dishwasher. Nathan built his empire with his determination and persistence and became a multi-millionaire. Here is his inspiring story.
19 min
May 03, 2022 120: Kayak: Steve Hafner & Paul English - Two men who changed the way people travel forever and became multi-millionaires.
Paul English wrestled with bipolar disorder, having bouts of depression frequently, yet he teamed up with Steve Hafner and started Kayak. They faced competitors, but they persisted and executed well and finally sold it to Priceline for $1.8 billion dollars and both founders became multi-millionaires. This is the story of how they changed the way people travel forever.
20 min
April 19, 2022 119: Holiday Inn: Kemmons Wilson - From Dirt-poor to a Multi-Millionaire Hospitality icon.
Many have heard about the man who revolutionized the lodging industry in the 20th century: Kemmons Wilson — the founder of everyone's favorite hotel chain, Holiday Inn. But behind this incredible man, there's an even more incredible story. This is the story of a poor boy who vowed never to be hungry again. Let us check it out.
20 min
April 05, 2022 118: StitchFix - Katrina Lake - From starting in an apartment to becoming a multi-millionaire
Katrina Lake never had any dreams of starting a business. She thought she was never capable, but due to a discovery she made about other entrepreneurs, she decided to start Stitchfix. As a woman founder, she faced many hurdles, yet she overcame all this and made StitchFix successful and became a multimillionaire. Let us check out her story.
21 min
March 22, 2022 117: Paul Mitchell Haircare Systems: John Paul DeJoria - Twice Homeless to a Multi-Millionaire
John Paul DeJoria grew up poor with his single mother. He faced many problems in life and was homeless twice and lived in his car. Yet he had the drive to keep moving. Finally, he started Paul Mitchell systems and later became a billionaire. Let us check out how he did it.
21 min
March 08, 2022 116: NerdWallet - Tim Chen: Starting with $800 and turning it into multiple millions.
Tim Chen had a nice job in the financial services industry. But something bad happened, and he accidentally started NerdWallet. Money was not coming in and he thought of shutting it down. But he somehow persisted and finally took it public and became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
22 min
December 28, 2021 115: Lucas Oil - Forrest Lucas: A triumphant journey from childhood poverty to a multimillionaire
Lucas oils is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants.

Its founder is Forrest Lucas and his is a proverbial 'rags-to-riches' story, emerging from rural Indiana to build an empire. He started as a truck driver and become an oil and media magnate and, in the process, becoming a multi-millionaire. Let us check out his story.
21 min
December 14, 2021 114: Adobe - John Warnock and Charles Geschke: Simple Xerox employees to multi-millionaires
Now we take for granted that we can print anything from our computer.

But long back, this was very difficult and many companies, including Apple, were not able to figure out how to print properly from a computer to a printer. But John and Charles from Adobe figured it out and built Adobe. They struggled, faced threats and competitors, but they succeeded and became multi-millionaires. Let us check out their story.
25 min
November 30, 2021 113: Crate & Barrel: Gordon Segal - From not knowing anything about retail business to becoming multi-millionaires
Gordon and his wife wanted designer European cookware and glassware, but they were very expensive in America. To solve this problem for them and for others, hey opened Crate & Barrel, even though they didn't know anything about business. They struggled, but ultimately succeeded and became multi-millionaires. Let us check out their story.
23 min
November 16, 2021 112: Electronic Arts: Trip Hawkins - From a failure in first business to a multi-millionaire
Trip Hawkins grew up at a time when there were no computers. He loved complex sports simulation board games, but others found it complex. He dreamt of a day to make playing games easier and fun. Finally he did it with EA. He went thru many harrowing experiences but came out successfully and in the process became a multi-millionaire.
28 min

About How They Made Their Millions

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This show is about the amazing stories of world-class multi-millionaire and billionaire founders , how they started and how they succeeded. Founder Stories include the founders of Facebook(Mark), Linked-in(Reid), WhatsApp(Jan), Ben and Jerry Ice creams(the name says it), Instagram(Kevin), Amazon(Jeff), Pandora(Tim), Hershey Chocolates(Milton) and more.