Paths To Reach 100 Million By 35

What are the paths to making this much money at such a young age? Having money well into your 50s or 60s is great, but at that point, you have 10-15 more years in the tank and are more focused on your family. Having an exorbitant amount of money while young would be 1000x better. I understand this post seems unrealistic, I don't care.

Heres what I can think of: Pro Athlete, Actor, Music Artist, Entrepreneur of a startup that IPOs, HF / investing prodigy, inheritance, marrying into wealth

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Beauty influencer who gets plastic surgery, denies it, and then sells you a product that they claim is the reason their lips or their ass grew 5x. 

I guess the male version would be gear-denying fitness influencers. Seems to be less common these days though and has instead overcorrected to 16 year old bros blasting unmonitored cycles that kill pro bodybuilders. 

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Yes, and guys that are natural creators (as long they dont talk too much about steroids) eventually just transition to using Steroids/PED's etc for more clout, to look big all year round

 

I have 10-15 years more in my 50's?

Wow

Heck if you live long enough these days you get to become President or at least Speaker of the House

 

The answer is more nuanced. Being the top .1% of acting, sports, or entrepreneurship would do it, but from an estimated value perspective you're so far in the negative with all of these when you consider opportunity cost

Because of the short time span of 35(so about 13 working years) compound interest can't be as big of a factor, as getting to 100M by age, say, 50 is achievable by getting a very high paying job and putting away the vast majority of your money into the market.

The path is likely just to be in the top .1% of something with demand. If you're in the top .1% of finance, you can get paid that much in a 1 year sign on by a top hedge fund, or become a partner at a top prop shop. Not saying it'll be easy, it won't. That's the point-you're basically asking how to become one of the most talented people with strongest work ethics out there. Oh, with an added degree of luck^10

 

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