Bill Bartmann, a story of overcoming challenges

It's pretty rare to get an Olympic Gold Medal, wouldn't you

say? Only 1,210 Americans have received one. It's unusual to

climb Mt. Everest, too: Just 2,300 people have done that. But

there's an even rarer category: The number of billionaires. No

more than 1,125 people in the world can claim that distinction.

Bill Bartmann, did just that. Now keep in mind that this group

of 1,125 people includes people who had major help along the

way: Many were born with it, inherited it, or had every

advantage while growing up.

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He's the ONLY former homeless person and gang member ever to

have made a billion dollars. That's right, Bill went from

eating out of dumpsters and living under a bridge viaduct, to

having after-tax, take-home pay in a single year of more than

$100 million and being listed as the 25th richest person in