8 Self Made Millionaires In America In the 1800s

8. Eliot Ness (1903 - 1957)

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7. Ralph B. Wilson (1918 - 2024)

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6. Richard Warren Sears (1863 - 1914)

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5. Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888 - 1869)

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4. Franklin W. Olin (1861 - 1951)

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3. Charles M. Schwab (1862- 1939)

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2. H. J. Heinz (1844 - 1919)

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1. E. F. Hutton (1875 - 1962)

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