The Builders: 8 Visionaries Who Started With Nothing and Changed the World (Money Empires)

What does it really take to build an empire from nothing?

Not a trust fund. Not a famous last name. Not a lucky break handed to you on a silver platter.

In The Builders, you'll meet eight of the most remarkable self-made figures in modern history — people who stared down poverty, rejection, and the odds, and built some of the most powerful brands and fortunes the world has ever seen.

This isn't a dry biography collection. It's a front-row seat to the decisions, obsessions, and unconventional strategies that separated these builders from everyone else who tried and stopped.

Inside, you'll explore:

• Coco Chanel — how an orphan from rural France rewrote the rules of elegance and built a fashion dynasty that outlived her by decades
• Amancio Ortega — the reclusive factory worker who outmaneuvered the entire global fashion industry and became one of the richest people on Earth
• Madam C.J. Walker — America's first self-made female millionaire, who turned a hair care problem into a movement and a fortune
• Zhang Yiming — the soft-spoken engineer who quietly engineered TikTok and rewired how a billion people consume content
• Ingvar Kamprad — the Swedish outsider who flipped furniture retail on its head and turned flat-pack boxes into a $40 billion empire
• Oprah Winfrey — from a childhood of poverty and hardship to a $2.5 billion media and lifestyle brand built entirely on her own terms
• Sam Walton — the small-town shopkeeper with a spiral notebook who took on retail giants and won, building the largest company in the world
• Rihanna — the pop star who refused to be just a pop star, and constructed a $1.4 billion beauty and fashion empire on inclusion, instinct, and sheer will

Written in an engaging, factual-fun style designed for curious minds — no finance degree needed, no jargon, no fluff. Just the real story of how they did it.

Available in English and Spanish. Delivered instantly as a PDF and EPUB digital download.

If you've ever wondered whether someone like you could build something extraordinary — this book is your answer.