LeBron James' Net Worth: From basketball court to investment 'Slam Dunk' - How NBA legend built his $1.4 billion fortuneLegendary basketball player LeBron James has earned in excess of $580 million in NBA salaries during his career. The reason why James stand...
08 Oct, 2026, 12.57 PM IST
Bestselling author of 'Kane and Abel,' Jeffrey Archer, dies at 86Jeffrey Archer: Bestselling British novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer died peacefully at his home at the age of 86. His death o...
06 Oct, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
Jackie Shroff once lived in a 10X10 room in Mumbai slum. One flop lost him all his money. Today, he lives in a Rs 31 crore sea-facing Mumbai home with 8 bedrooms, gym, private theatreFollowing the failure of their production company Boom due to rampant piracy, Jackie and Ayesha Shroff faced a catastrophic financial crisi...
20 Sep, 2026, 10.31 AM IST
Tiffany Haddish once lived in her car, survived on $500 a month; Then a stranger’s advice changed everything. She now owns 17 propertiesTiffany Haddish transformed her financial future after a stranger advised her to buy a property annually for 15 years. This strategy, born ...
04 Sep, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
As a child, Dolly Parton was mocked for wearing a coat made from rags. Years later, she turned that painful humiliation into one of her most famous songsDolly Parton, who died at 80 in Nashville on August 25, came from a poor Tennessee family and often drew from her childhood experiences in ...
26 Aug, 2026, 02.22 AM IST
From Rs 400 a month to now running businesses across India and earning in crores: Daughter proudly shares her father’s incredible journeyA man's remarkable journey from humble beginnings to business success is inspiring many. He started with a meager salary of Rs 400 monthly ...
11 Nov, 2025, 03.29 PM IST
The Hollywood star who was once a garbage man and a barber but is now a multi-millionaireDenzel Washington's journey from humble beginnings to Hollywood stardom is truly inspiring. Before becoming a celebrated actor, he worked a...
03 Sep, 2025, 07.54 PM IST
She earned Rs 10 a day; her son rakes in Rs 2 crore per year, owns 13 homes. Man's rags-to-riches story goes viralLosing his father early, he faced immense poverty, working tirelessly to support his family. After completing his engineering, he moved to ...
17 Aug, 2025, 11.35 AM IST
Independence Day: Gritty rags-to-riches stories of Partition refugeesRags-to-riches stories are found mostly in fiction, but the partition of India in August 1947 was the reality that created a large number o...
11 Aug, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
‘Not all rags-to-riches stories are legitimate wins’: Hansal Mehta shares harrowing account of how he was nearly scammed by Byju’s employeesTaking to Twitter, director Hansal Mehta referred to the time he was mocked and brutally trolled for calling out the startup for its unethi...
29 Jun, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
Pop icon Madonna to direct a biopic about her life and careerThe film, which has been heavily teased on her social media pages, will be co-written by Oscar-winner Diablo Cody.
17 Sep, 2020, 02.53 PM IST
Move over, IQ, EQ: Jack Ma says LQ is what you need to be respectedJack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, never ceases to surprise his audience with his philosophies.
06 Feb, 2018, 11.06 AM IST
The rags-to-riches story of KJ George, the closest aide of Karnataka CMSiddaramaiah had no real association with George for most of his four-decades’ political career, but in the last five years, George became ...
28 Oct, 2017, 01.39 PM IST
Shades of grey in Pipavav Defence & Everonn Education's Nikhil Gandhi's rags-to-riches storyGandhi has invited wrath of SEBI & stock exchanges in the past for not complying with listing agreements & insider trading.
17 Sep, 2011, 07.26 AM IST
- Bisleri boss Ramesh Chauhan plots new rags-to-riches story
Ramesh Chauhan links up rag pickers to Reliance and sets up a system to recycle PET waste.
03 Sep, 2010, 11.40 AM IST
- Jackson's riches-to-rags story still a mystery
Jackson may have been a billionaire at the time of his death but his finances saw a roller-coaster ride that left him struggling with debt....
27 Jun, 2009, 12.45 AM IST
- Riches to ‘rags’ story
US CEOs get 44 times the average company wage. But not any more.
06 Feb, 2009, 12.17 AM IST