12. Howard Schultz (Net Worth: $3 billion)
Howard Schultz is the man behind one of the leading companies in food and beverage industry, Starbucks. Being a huge coffee house chain today, Starbucks’s success was not built in just one second. It took Howard years before finally being able to reap the fruits of his hard work. But it is all worth the wait.
His eager to fight began as he grew up with poor parents. His father worked one odd job to another. But Howard fought his way out and got himself admitted to college on a football scholarship.
He was the first in the family to graduate from college. And he continued his quest to the professional world. He became general manager for Hammarplast, a Swedish drip coffee maker. That was his first encounter with the world of coffee business.
In 1987, he bought Starbucks, which was only a small chain in Seattle. Today, more than seventeen thousand Starbucks stores spread in many countries worldwide. And Howard has made himself worth $3 billion.
