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9. Bill Porter Started E-Trade at Age 54

Aiming to disrupt the stock market, Bill Porter founded E-Trade at 54 years old. He took trading online and created a company that has assets worth around $60 billion today. Despite starting the company with $15K in its first year, by 1982, it had revenues of more than $850,000 from customers eager for an affordable way to trade stocks.

A customer checks her stocks on the floor of the new E*Trade Center April 4, 2001 in New York. The E*Trade Center is a state-of-the-art online trading facility that features three floors of terminals, a coffee shop, and a video learning center. Spencer Platt / Newsmakers

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