How the world’s mysterious rich people made their fortune

[post_page_title]Ralph Lauren[/post_page_title]

He’s “pop” enough to have been given a cameo in Friends in 1999, but Ralph Lauren’s success story is not that widely known. He is now worth $6.1 billion thanks to his fashion empire, but he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Ralph Lauren

As the child of immigrant parents, Ralph Lifshitz (later changed to Lauren) probably had his first contact with fashion as a part-time stock boy in a department store. He launched his brand in 1967, and quickly won over the industry, selling $500,000 worth of ties in one year.

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