13. Jay Z

Today Jay Z has a multi-million dollar music corporation and he’s married to one of the hottest singers on the planet. But his beginnings weren’t as innocent as with other celebs on this list.

Shawn Corey Carter, a.k.a. Jay Z was born and raised in Brooklyn. And growing up in a poor family in the 70’s Brooklyn meant you were surrounded by drugs, guns, and crime. This lead Jay Z to becoming a drug dealer himself.

Since then, Jay Z gave up on selling illegal substances and turned to music.

His street knowledge, as he claims, taught him a lot about entrepreneurship and business, which his music mogul status is a proof of.