self-made man
Example Sentences
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He’s a self-made man, but he credited Hong Kong for giving him the opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Norris was a self-made man, a millionaire car salesman who grew up in working class Liverpool, attending the same school as Paul McCartney.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
The team’s owner, oil and gas tycoon Terry Pegula, is even richer than Fisher, with a net worth of $6.8 billion, according to Forbes; he’s also almost entirely a self-made man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Delors was a rarity in French public life: a self-made man from a working-class home who did not come up through the prestigious “grandes ecoles.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
How a self-made man should always say he was born in something like a log cabin, preferably with no running water.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
