Forbes 29th list for 2015 of the Globe's richest men shows that entrepreneurs are likely the ones to get rich. The list is topped by 1,191 self-made billionaires, 230 inherited their wealth and another 405 inherited a portion but busily working to increase their fortunes. And those who founded and create a product are getting richer with Uber co-founders Travis Kalanick and Garret Camp and take a look- including their first employee Ryan Graves are among the 46 billionaires under the age of 40. The people under age 40 became rich because of the products/services they found or invented which became super successful such as Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg, Elizabeth Holmes for her blood-testing firm Theranos, and the youngest, Evan Spiegel who …show more content…
But it's not a walk in the park to become rich. And when you come to a point when you are thinly spread, you will be wishing that you are a paid executive or employee once again. But there are those who are happier to being an entrepreneur and those which find most joy and satisfaction in a paid career or job. Surely there are the benefits of freedom of time, being able to put into use one's creativity and ideas, the feeling of empowerment and the sense of achievement when the business grows. But without a proper strategy, stress will likely kill an entrepreneur. There is a need to learn to let go of some of your tasks and learn to delegate. These billionaires became rich because they do not have to do everything and they are freed of their time to have a more macro view of their business. A successful entrepreneur is not one who have to be tied up and be a slave to his business but learn how to make his business his slave. If one has to be there in the office all the time because the office will not run without him, will never be a successful entrepreneur. He maybe achieving in that particular area where he spent most of his time but he will never grow as an entrepreneur. One should invest in people and systems and proper controls so that even without him as the owner and founder physically present, the business will