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: 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
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My First $1 Million: Retiree, 63, Chicago Metro Area"Ongoing 401(k) contributions, working with a financial adviser and remaining well diversified has been the strategy all along."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Tech Industry Director, 78, Delaware County, Ohio"My mother was a world-class saver. She taught me to save more than you spend, and pay cash or don't buy it."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Retired Self-Employed Attorney, 75, Coast of Washington"Whenever I got a few bucks up, the money went into my defined contribution plan. When I hit about age 50, the money began to multiply."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Air Force Veteran, 68, Duluth, Ga."I realized that my investments made me more money that year than my military salary. That was an awesome feeling."
By Joyce Lamb
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My First $1 Million: Early Retiree, 57, Western North Carolina"I was tempted in my 20s to sell that stock I'd been given and buy a Corvette, but I resisted the urge, and I'm happy with how that worked out."
By Joyce Lamb
