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5 People who Became Millionaires in the most Ridiculous ways possible.

Arturo Perozo
5 min readNov 7, 2021

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Someone made millions of dollars selling rocks. Yeah.

In today’s society, we all want to be successful, and to be successful, you need to make money. And a lot. Whether people want to admit or not, money is a measure to know how successful you are. It is true, that it is not the only measure that exists, things like family, a good job and having free time to do the things you like, can be indicators of success, however, none is as important as money.

A handful of people share almost 80% of the world’s wealth, (85% up to 90% depending on the source you consult). However, today I am not here to talk about those entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, who amassed their fortune over the years, providing services and selling products to our society, today I want to talk to you about those people who became rich in the most absurd and foolish ways possible.

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Byron Reese

Reese did not have much confidence in his business idea, he started doing it in his spare time, and nobody ever imagine that he would become a millionaire with something as simple as opening an email address to “Santa Claus”. What many believe to be a stupid idea, really turned into something fantastic, not because of the idea itself, which is quite absurd, but because of the joy that…

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Arturo Perozo
Arturo Perozo

Written by Arturo Perozo

Im a Chef, Krav Maga practitioner/enthusiast and a Writer. I know, weird combination. Not a native english speaker and writer, so feel free to correct me.

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