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: 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
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My First $1 Million: General Manager in Construction/Home Services, 46, Indiana
"We went from building 100-plus homes each year in 2006 to zero in 2008 — nearly destroying what my parents had spent 25 years creating."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Accounting Firm Partner, 62, Greater Boston Area
"I never met Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger personally, but reading all they wrote and listening to them speak, I feel like they mentored me."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Director of Engineering Technology, 62, Rhode Island
"Let your financial adviser know they have competition. I drop the underperforming one every three to five years."
By Joyce Lamb
