5 Billionaires Who Came From Nothing

2. Thomas Peterffy

Current net worth according to Forbes (in billions of dollars): 23.9

You know your life isn’t going to be easy when you’re born in a hospital basement in Hungary during a Russian air raid. When he moved to the US, after his father did initially, he was given $100 by his father as he couldn’t allow him to live together. He started as an architectural draftsman working on projects, before becoming a billionaire through major shareholding in Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR).

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR)