10个伟大的白手起家成功故事

They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. These inspiring figures had less than a lemon to start out with – and are now known for their sheer tenacity as they climbed to the top. We brings you the top 10 rags-to-riches success stories of all time.
俗话说如果生活只给你柠檬，就拿来做柠檬水。这些激励人心的名人们创业之初可是连一个柠檬都没有，然而现在都因为他们的不屈不挠而广为人知，因为他们爬到了事业的顶端。下面就带给你10个历史上白手起家的成功故事。

1. Henry Ford
1. 亨利-福特

Henry Ford was a farm boy who went on to revolutionize transportation industry in America. Ford was very interested in mechanics from a young age, when he dismantled and reassembled a pocket watch at the age of 15 his father had given him. A self-taught watch repairman who graduated to being an apprentice machinist, Ford started his personal experiments on gasoline engines which was the beginning of his vast Ford empire. And his net worth, as per Forbes in 2008, is a cool $188.1 billion.
亨利-福特原来是个农场男孩，后来却让美国的交通工业发生了革命性的变化。福特从小就对机械非常感兴趣，15岁那年他就拆掉了父亲给他的一块怀表，然后又把它组装起来。这个自学成才的修表师毕业后做了一名见习机械师，开始在汽油机上进行他的个人实验，这也是他巨大的福特帝国的开始。根据《福布斯》杂志在2008年公布的数据，他的资产净值达到了1881亿美元。

2. Walt Disney
2. 沃特-迪斯尼

Our childhood would have been dreary without this genius of a man. Walt Disney was also another boy brought up in a farm – and used to draw pictures for his neighbors for money. He used to be the cartoonist for the school newspaper, Disney went through the jobless phase where no one hired him, and his brother had to help him out with his job search. He went from rags to riches by starting out with advertisements and going on to animating his own cartoons.
如果没有这个天才，我们的童年会沉闷不少。沃特-迪斯尼也是一个在农场长大的男孩，他曾经给邻居们画画来赚钱，也给校报当过漫画师。迪斯尼曾经一度失业，没有人雇佣他，他的哥哥不得不帮助他找工作。他创业之初从事广告业，后来开始给自己的卡通形象拍摄动画片。

3. Ralph Lauren
3. 拉夫-劳伦

Born in a strict Jewish family with a house painter for a father, Ralph Lauren grew up with big dreams. He used to sell ties to his classmates to earn some cash, and he mentioned in his yearbook that he wanted to be a millionaire. His interest in ties went on help his put his foot through the door of bigger achievements in the fashion world. When he was signed on to design the clothes for ‘The Great Gatsby’ in 1974, he was catapulted into the fame which he commands today.
拉夫-劳伦出生在一个严格的犹太家庭，父亲是一名房屋油漆工。他从小就有着远大的梦想。他曾经把领带卖给自己的同学来挣钱，而且他在自己的年鉴中提到他想成为一名百万富翁。他对领带的兴趣帮助他进入了时尚圈并且取得了更大的成就。当他签约为1974年的电影《了不起的盖茨比》设计服装时，便开启了他今日所取得的名声的第一步。

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