Answer: selfmade

AnswerCrossword Clue
SELFMADE

Not born to one's wealth

SELFMADE

Not born into money, as some billionaires

SELFMADE

Like some millionaires

SELFMADE
Like some successes
SELFMADE
Successful by one's own efforts.
SELFMADEUp from the ranks on one's own
SELFMADELike some tycoons
SELFMADESuccessful; unaided
SELFMADESuccessful through one's own efforts
SELFMADESuccessful, a la Mark Cuban
SELFMADESuccessful, in a way
SELFMADELike many rags-to-riches characters