Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
And for every apple investor you can find a Yahoo or GM where you don’t get a turnaround.
Wasting a few thousand on the hope of iMacs as a starving grad student is fun, but hardly a strategy much different than lottery ticket.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are ancients who got started in 1980. MBA’s and 2 careers and we were always big savers. I can’t remember when we became millionaires but it was likely in the early 90’s. My husband ditched his very good corporate career in the late 80’s to pursue his entrepreneurial goals. He led a series of LBO’s that were all successful and fun and he made a great deal of money and we had a great family life along the way though it required moving all around the country but what an adventure. I always worked but I loved when I could work and didn’t care about the money. We are now retired but my husband has his fingers and money in a bunch of businesses so we will see what happens!
So you worked in Corp finance. No surprises then.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
I’m sure granddaddy paid.
Anonymous wrote:7 figures age 52! ( I was a late bloomer)
8 figures age 53! ( this year, made up for lost time)
9 figures? It's not over yet.. Thank you Gamestop!