self-made man

Both self-made men, they each wanted to be in charge.

In matters of both art and money, he was a self-made man.

On the other hand, he was certainly a self-made man.

Among self-made men, he was a master of make do.

He was a self-made man and educated himself over the years.

He was already an apparently wealthy self-made man by 1909.

Michael Frank didn't start out rich; he was a self-made man.

The idea of the self-made man became dominant in the middle class.

Like many self-made men, it had become the game, not the money, that was important.

It is the ultimate American story of the self-made man.