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# Famous entrepeneurs that were raised by hardworking single mothers
- URL: https://www.founderbounty.com/famous-entrepeneurs-that-were-raised-by-hardworking-single-mothers/
- Published: 2026-05-10T16:12:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-22T15:30:58.000Z
- Author: Vlad Kozul

Building a business is hard. Harder than ever and imagining only having 1 mother and managing to build a billion dollar company. Thats what these entrepreneurs all have in common. Almost all of them have been raised by single mothers and its pretty amazing.

1. Elon musk (800BN net worth)

Yes you have heard of him. X, Tesla, and SpaceX. These companies are all huge and it was his mother who helped him get to the top.

1. Jan Koum ($17BN net worth)

Moving from Ukraine to california when he was only 16 years old. Jan sold whatsapp to facebook for 19BN

1. Arthur Blank ($10.4BN)

The home depot founder was raised by a single mother

1. Thomas Tull ($6BN)

Selling his company for 3.5BN in 2015 Thomas founded legendary entertainment.

1. John Paul Dejoria ($3BN Net worth)

Having gone through foster school John was happy to have food in the fridge and was even homeless twice.

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