Strange destiny and stranger fortune

Strange destiny and stranger fortune  have brought them here. Some of them have made their way in to " Forbes Magazine"   ...From Rags to Riches – Famous personalities who struggled their way to Stardom.                    . JK Rowling This famous Harry Potter author and British story writer suffered and survived massive depressions, suicidal tendencies and poverty before she became one of the most loved and famous authors ‘world-wide’ selling over 400 million copies of the Harry Potter series and now become one of the biggest movie franchises. In October 2010, Rowling was named the “Most Influential Woman in Britain” by leading magazine editors.   Jim Carrey Liar, Liar; The Truman show actor Jim Carry quit his studies to support his family. He then took up a job as a janitor before starting to audition for open nights from where he started getting regular gigs.   Oprah Winfrey Known for her award winning television shows Oprah was born to a housemaid and a coal miner in rural Mississippi. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood; was raped at age nine and became pregnant at 14 where she lost the child. Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school. Her heartfelt emotional delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime-talk-show arena. Her efforts and skills helped a low rated Chicago TV show to score top slot. Later she launched her own Production company to International acclaim.   Daniel Craig 007, the Bond protagonist from England has spent countless days on friend’s couch and park benches before making it to the Hollywood.   Sylvester Stallone Stallone was asked out of his apartment, spent weeks on the bus stand and even took up work featuring in adult movies.   Charle Chaplin After the death of his father, Chaplin had to figure out ways to make his living at the age of 10. Both his parents were in the show business but post father’s death his mother was admitted to a Psychiatric hospital and both he and his brother were on their own. The Picture shown below is from his own film "The Kid "   Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani Commonly known as Dhirubhai. This is the true story of from Rags to an empire. Dhirubhai started his career by working in a firm in Yemen to support the livelihood of his family before he started to Mumbai to start his own venture into spices. Today his empire is worth over whooping $60 billion that makes the Ambanis the second richest family in the world.   Shivaji Rao Gaikwad This South Indian Demi-God also known as Rajnikanth climbed the harsh ladder of struggle.  He was a poor child who worked as a coolie and bus conductor to earn his living before he became an undisputed iconic figure of Indian cinema.   Johnny Walker His name precedes his acting skills as a drunkard comic character he played in some of the great movies like “Mere Mahboob”, “C.I.D”, “Chori Chori” etc. Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi was the second of the ten children and became the sole support for his family later by selling candies, vegetables and other goods. Balraj Sahni spotted him on a bus where Johnny was a conductor displaying his entertaining skills.