He is the classic self-made man, having started 40 years ago when a building boom led to a shortage of window frames.

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Wang was thin and angular, with the bearing of a self-made man.

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The 86-year-old Mitchell, the son of a Greek immigrant, father of ten, and self-made man, ranks as the 347th richest man in the world.

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Irish talk radio programs have been afire with discussions about the propiority of making a 66 year-old self-made tycoon of global proportions (Quinn was termed the 164th richest man in the world by Forbes in 2008) a national scapegoat, as a substantial minority of the population (especially those in border counties near his own) and some his former job holders avow.

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In the last six months there have been natural disasters of epic proportion, but the worst disasters are man-made and causing self inflicted wounds.

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Petropolis group, the second largest brewery and beverage company in Brazil owned by self made man Walter Faria, has been very successful with TNT brand, growing 262% in three years and reaching sales of 60 million cans in 2011.

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His over confident tone of voice, evident sense of self superiority, and the gleaming cheap smile he had seen only once, made the man intolerable.

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