re: Who is the richest self-made person you know? How much does he make a year?

I met an Alabama player once

I think he made around $150k/yr not including gifts and bonuses

I knew a guy who came from nothing and sold some banking software for $100,000,000

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Welcome to the board Scalabrine. How did you find the OT?

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My grandpa reads AL.com and I was reading the comments and I said “this is the trashiest shite I ever read” and he said “Try Tigerdroppings” and here I came.

My wife's step-dad. No clue what he makes. Started his own business forty years ago from his garage apartment.

For reference he has:

A giant plantation home in Beau Chene.

Compound on the water at 30a. Has about 600 linear feet of beachfront plus a huge pool.

A home on HWY1 on the cliffs of the pacific in Carmel.

A 10,000 sq. ft. Home in Big Sky.

A larger ranch house in W. Yellowstone.

A house on Wadmala Island outside of Charleston.

He also has two private jets. A Citation Sovereign and a Citation X.

Not sure how much, but I think he made some serious bank on Bitcoin. He also owns an internet ad business too built by people taking surveys or something along those lines. He Paid mostly cash for a 7 figure house right around the time Bitcoin was at 20k. He was asking my thoughts about it before it took off many years ago. I said it sounded like a good idea but dunno where to get started. He found out where to start. That's about all I know that I'm still somewhat close with.

I had a client at a previous job that I spoke with daily. Family networth was roughly 5 billion from what I gathered. He got old and sons tookover and they decided to do that specific line of business elsewhere. I couldn't compete and didn't have the relationships with them. He was from old money but turned old medium size town money into an empire. Huge philanthropist too. Normal dude that like fried seafood and a cold beer like most. I can't give names but they were from a coastal town in Texas. He could be deceased now... After I lost him as a client I couldn't eat and had to change jobs.

Note to salespeople, huge revenue is great, but when it comes from only a couple of clients it can cripple you if you lose them. Diversify

My boss started his company at 28. He's 46 now and the value of his ownership is worth on the higher side of 8 figures. His annual income is just the dividend I suppose.

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Y’all don’t have a clue unless you’re their accountant or maybe banker

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I'm neither and I know exactly how much my boss makes annually, assuming he just takes the dividend, and I know exactly how much his share of the company is worth.

If you can't figure out other ways some folks might know this information other than being their banker or accountant, you are young and probably poor.

Started an airline with one small plane running a commuter route. Was down to maxing out credit cards to keep going. At least halfway into 9 figures net worth now but probably more. Played golf with once where he was thinking $500 was too much to spend on a new driver.