Today, they are among the most influential personalities in the world, and they have no shortage of money. However, it was quite different in the past. Many famous faces grew up in poverty, for example the author of the Harry Potter book saga, who made JK Rowling a millionaire.
Some people live today with music, other faces became famous in the world of film or television. However, they have in common that they were born into modest circumstances. Today, many Slovaks also look up to stars like Rihanna, Eminem or Jennifer Lopez. But do you know that they were made from almost nothing?
6 Oprah Winfrey
The popular American presenter, writer, activist and winner of the Emmy Award is one of the most influential women on the planet. Her fortune is estimated at 3 billion dollars. Oprah was born on January 29, 1954 in Mississippi, in a poor family, as a child she even faced sexual abuse and suffered from depression.
She began her career in the media by working in local television. The big break came when she got her own talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, in 1986. It aired without interruption until 2011. Subsequently, Oprah was also involved as an actress, writer and also an entrepreneur. She created her own media company OWN. She is also actively involved in a number of awareness campaigns and helps women in need.
5 J.K. Rowling
JK Rowling is known throughout the world as the author of the Harry Potter book series. However, even after the publication of the first book, her identity was kept secret, and many people thought that the author was a man (the English form of the name does not have a feminine ending). Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 and grew up in a poor family.
After her mother’s death, she became an educator. She wrote the first of the stories from the magical world at a time when she had to use social benefits. The book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was subsequently rejected several times by many publishers.
After the huge success of the book series, an equally successful film series of 8 films was created, which will be supplemented by a new HBO series in a year. Rowling also wrote other books, including The Blank Place, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Today, she also faces various cases that respond to her controversial political or sociological views. The account of the British author is currently approximately 1 billion dollars.
