"I never thought about anything like this, but it was a big fortune, " said Ms. Ambat, who is 57 and works in business development for nursing homes.
Like many of his fellow tycoons, Mr Tanti has seen a big chunk of his paper fortune blown away in recent weeks on a storm-tossed stockmarket.
What we have now are the generic manufacturers and Big Pharma making a fortune by agreeing to delay competition that would bring lower priced drugs to market.
Armstrong's personal fortune had sustained a big hit days earlier.
Mr Esteves is only 41, giving him plenty of time to oversee the push into the big league and to make a fortune twice.
He was given a big chunk of restricted stock units, a rich compensation package that promised great fortune and 416, 479 vested Facebook shares by the fall of 2012.
And Vivek Nair, age 23, is solving a big problem with carbon emissions through his company, Damascus Fortune.
But what does matter is you believe you have come up with THE BIG IDEA. The one that could make you a fortune, or make you a hero at work or in your community.
We acknowledge the big things, like family and good fortune, and a chance to be together.
For context, consider that back in 1995 Fortune published a story questioning whether venture capital was getting too big and institutionalized to do what it did best: generate big returns for investors by finding an entrepreneur in a garage with a good idea, and giving him the money and support needed to grow.
He says he prefers it that way on the grounds that he has no wish to attract attention and risk being accused of being a "big-time Charlie" for deserting his homeland to seek fame and fortune on the other side of the Pond.
"Everyone thinks we've got a fortune hanging around, but in actual fact the company's got a big debt, " he said.
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