a self-made man

a man who is rich and successful as a result of his own work and not because his family had a lot of money Critchley was a self-made man who learned accounting while working in a brush factory.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tania	TAHN-yə (English), TAN-yə (English), TAH-nyah (Italian)	English, Italian
Barta	-	Hungarian
Neske	NES-kə	Dutch, Limburgish
Caius	-	Ancient Roman
Jantine	yahn-TEE-nə	Dutch
Esther	ES-tər (English, Dutch), es-TER (French)	English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Lati