How did you make your millions?

[Anonymous]

How old were you when you became a millionaire?
What line of work were/are you in?

Did it significantly change your lifestyle?

[Anonymous]

30 finance

[Anonymous]

30. Started investing in stocks when I was 11. True story.

[Anonymous]

Probably about 32? I'm a midlevel engineer. It did not change our lifestyle.

In our early 40s, we're that Millionaire Next Door couple whose investment growth and earnings usually exceeds their earned income.

[Anonymous]

Inherited $300K in equities in 1991 and never touched a dime.

[Anonymous]

Investment banking. Became a millionaire at 27

[Anonymous]

Not me (yet), but DH at 40 or so. Apple stock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30. Started investing in stocks when I was 11. True story.

Or was born into rich family that gave me money to invest while still a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30. Started investing in stocks when I was 11. True story.

Or was born into rich family that gave me money to invest while still a child.

DP: I started investing in stocks with my babysitting money when I was 11 because my Papa who was an orphan with a 4th grade education and worked as a janitor for one of the companies in the Dividend Aristocrats told me about how much money he made by putting 10% of his earnings into the company stock and he showed me how I could do the DRIP program through his work.

I never was a high earner but my net worth hit over a million when I was 44, now at 50 it's 2.3 million. Mainly due to investments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Not me (yet), but DH at 40 or so. Apple stock.

So how much did he invest when?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30. Started investing in stocks when I was 11. True story.

Or was born into rich family that gave me money to invest while still a child.

DP: I started investing in stocks with my babysitting money when I was 11 because my Papa who was an orphan with a 4th grade education and worked as a janitor for one of the companies in the Dividend Aristocrats told me about how much money he made by putting 10% of his earnings into the company stock and he showed me how I could do the DRIP program through his work.

I never was a high earner but my net worth hit over a million when I was 44, now at 50 it's 2.3 million. Mainly due to investments.

So how did you pay for college?

[Anonymous]

45. Inherited it, then didn't blow it.

[Anonymous]

Just a millionaire? 30. Been saving my whole life and married someone who also saved.

[Anonymous]

30s. Regular jobs and retirement investments. Raised poor. Still can’t believe that at 46 I’m worth 1.5m. Joint over 3 m. We just don’t spend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Not me (yet), but DH at 40 or so. Apple stock.

So how much did he invest when?

A few thousand here and there decades ago, starting when Apple was at its lowest. He was a poor graduate student, so he couldn't invest much. Now he has a few million.