J.K. Rowling
Net worth: $1 billion
British writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.
Rowling moved to Portugal after the death of her mother from multiple sclerosis. She returned to the U.K. a single mother and lived on welfare while finishing her first Harry Potter story. Now one of the world’s most successful authors, she published the seventh and final installment of the boy wizard series last July.
She progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years.
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