JEFF GORDON GIANT WEALTH

His father abandoned the family when A Rod was just 10 years old, leaving his mother to take care of him and his two siblings. And he watched as she would work as a secretary during the day and then wait tables at night. And he said that her example taught him the power of resilience and work ethic.

And he vowed in his life to one day become the landlord and not the tenant because He saw how much pressure it put on his mother with rising rents, and at the age of 17, he went right from high school to the major leagues and over the course of his career, he had over $450 million in Major League contracts.

And back in 2001 when he signed a $252 million contract with the Rangers, which is about $450 million today, he reached out to Warren Buffet via a cold call and he asked him to be his business mentor. And that's why in 2003 he started the A Rod corporation, which has invested in over 40 companies and is now valued at over a billion dollars.