99% of &quot;rags-to-riches&quot; stories start past 40.<p>The selfmade millionaires under 40 are statistical outliers ;)<p>(Not strictly &quot;auto&quot;biographies, but most of them have ghostwriters anyway)<p>&quot;Virgin Rebel&quot; (Richard Branson)
&quot;Return to the little Kingdom&quot; (Steve Jobs)
&quot;Enter the Dragon&quot; (Theo Paphitis)<p>(There are lots more, but they are in my bookshelf at home...)