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• s  having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts
  a self-made millionaire

• The breakthrough came in 1982, when Ovshinsky, the self-made alchemist, invented small, powerful batteries made from alloys called nickel metal hydrides.
• In 1925 Sultan Ahmad Shah was toppled off the throne, and swashbuckling, self-made Reza Shah Pahlavi declared himself the King of Kings.
• A purse maker, a bronze maker and a railroad purchaser made news last week as successful, self-made men.

News & Articles

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• REPEAT-BMO Private Bank Changing Face of Wealth Study: Two-Thirds of Nation's Wealthy Are Self Made Millionaires
  BMO Private Bank today released the first in a series of studies which examines trends among high-net worth Americans . The inaugural report reveals that the country's affluent are predominately self-made ...
  June 15, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• American Millionaires: Diverse, Educated and Self-Made
  By Hal M. Bundrick NEW YORK (MainStreet)--Wealthy Americans are not living off inherited family fortunes; rather they got to the top the old-fashioned way: they earned it. BMO Private Bank has released research that examines the lives of high-net worth U.S. citizens and reports that two-thirds (67%) are self-made millionaires. Only a scant 3% reported gaining their wealth from an inheritance ...
  June 14, 2013 - TheStreet.com
• ‘Self-Made Man’ back in Batavia
  The “Self-Made Man” bronze sculpture that has been a reminder of life’s challenges for art admirers in downtown Batavia is finally back home. “It’s good to get it out and on its final resting spot,” said Scott Haines, Street Division superintendent for Batavia. The 9 1/2-foot-tall sculpture in the 0-99 block of North River Street was knocked off its pedestal early one morning in April of 2011 ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Beacon News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Forbes
  The life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible,Obama said. "He tells us that there is power in words. He tells us that there is power in conviction. That beneath all the differences of...
• Jackson Browne in Forbes
  He comes from working-class origins; he's a person who is a self-made man and worked hard to get where he is,Browne said.
• Mitch McConnell in Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  For about a quarter of a time our government has existed, Sen. Byrd stood like a sentry in a three-piece suit, watching over the legislative branch,said Mr. McConnell. "He was the ultimate self-made man. ...... He made it look easy. But it...