1. PewDiePie: YouTube videos.
PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, became the top-viewed creator of YouTube videos with more than 9 million page views. And he made $7.4 million last year from that, which mostly featured video game walk-throughs.
2. Rhys Davies: online glitter graphics.
At age 14 in 2006, Rhys Davies was making glitter graphics that people could use for their MySpace profiles. He created the graphics for free on his website, which made more than $100,000 in revenue during the first year from the advertising banner ads. Years later and way richer, he's starting other Internet businesses from the profit.3. Dani Johnson: weight-loss program.
Making money from selling weight-loss programs isn't anything new. But Dani Johnson started when she was a a homeless waitress living out of her car. She gathered whatever little coins she had to sell the weight-loss programs in her state and even used a liquor store as a mailing address because she had no residence. And now she's a millionaire.
4. Alan Feinstein: stamps.
Stamps collecting is just a hobby, unless you're Alan Feinstein. Most of his money came from stamps and other collectibles sold through newsletters.
5. Hamdi Ulukaya: yogurt in an abandoned factory.
We've all tried Chobani yogurt, but most people don't know the story behind the yogurt. Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. with only $3,000 in his pocket, purchased an abandoned factory, created Chobani yogurt, sold the orders initially to a kosher grocery in Long Island and, in five years, got $1 billion in revenue.
6. Phil Robertson: duck calls.
Most people know Phil Robertson from the show Duck Dynasty. His dynasty was built after declining to play in the NFL, and instead choosing to hunt and build handmade duck calls. And now Phil and his family are millionaires, all from duck calls.
7. Gary Dahl: Pet Rock.
After hearing his friends in a bar complain about the responsibilities of pet ownership, Gary Dahl conceived of the idea for the Pet Rock. He sold 1.5 million of the Pet Rocks in one year at a price of $4 per rock, with very little overhead.
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