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I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

— John Catsimatidis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent. Forget about it.

— Ivana Trump

I built a great company, one of the - some of the most iconic assets in the world, $10 billion of net worth, more than $10 billion of net worth, and frankly, I had a great time doing it.

— Donald Trump

I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.

— Moon Unit Zappa

I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

— Bob Corker

I lost all my investments after everything crashed in 2001. Prior to that, I'd been living off the interest on my investments, which was very healthy because it allowed frequent travel, and I had a lovely apartment.

— Marie Helvin

I suppose with houses and assets, then I guess I would be a millionaire. But so are a lot of people.

— Boris Johnson

I made 22 million in 14 years... with taxes, and travel and everything else, it gets blown out the window... which is why I still need to work.

— Boomer Esiason

When I finished school, I took my entire life savings - $5,000 - and invested it in a business. I was young. I was inexperienced. But I was an entrepreneur, and I was proud. And in six weeks, I was broke.

— Mark Warner

✗Opposing Perspectives

I made my money turning around distressed or bankrupt companies. I did 50-some of them in my career... I started on a shoestring and eventually built up quite a fortune.

— Michael Heisley

I became a millionaire overnight by signing a piece of paper. I made more money in that one second than my entire family did in their lifetime.

— Troy Polamalu