My First $1 Million
Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
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My First $1 Million: Waste Hauling and Recycling Business Owner, 40, Wyoming
"I was driven — that's probably an understatement. Vacations were limited. Work-life balance was terrible. But quit wasn't in me."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Electric Utility Executive, 56, South Carolina
"My mentors advised me to max out my 401(k), because you will never miss the money if you start from day one. I did, and they were right."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Health Care CFO, 52, Pacific Northwest
"When you score a touchdown, act like you have been there before. If you have accumulated a million dollars, act like you have always had it."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Oil and Gas Retiree, 67, Round Rock, Texas
"It took 25 years for the first $1 million, six years for the second million and three to four for each after that."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Magazine Editor, 70, Boise, Idaho
"I bought unopened boxes of the original series of Pokémon cards, held on to them and paid off the house when I retired 20 years later."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Federal Civil Servant and Analyst, 55, Hawaii
"My parents got me into saving and investing when I was 13 because I liked to read the stock prices in the newspaper right after the comics."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Marketing Consultant, 74, Southern New Hampshire
"A modest inheritance was invested in a Vanguard Balanced Fund. I still own that fund, and over 30 years, it has increased 400% in share value."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Health Care Worker, 48, Sagadahoc County, Maine
"I read a commonsense book by Jack Bogle, and I invested in index funds for 22 years. I can truly say that book changed my life."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Army and Health Care Worker, 52, Houston
"Our story is hard work, living below our means and paying off debt. We added up our accounts one day and were like, "Hey, we are millionaires."
By Joyce Lamb
