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This Billionaire, 77, Once Worked As Playboy Bunny

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Building supply distributor Diane Hendricks was named the richest self-made woman for the second consecutive year, according to the Hurun Global Rich List for 2024

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Diane Hendricks, 77, with a net worth of $22 billion owns ABC Supply, America's biggest building supply company

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But Ms Hendricks did not achieve this level of accomplishment overnight; her success story is marked by much adversity and toil

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According to Forbes Magazine, Diane Hendricks had a child at age 17 and worked as a Playboy Bunny to pay her bills

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Ms Hendricks beat cancer twice and survived the tragic death of her husband before transforming herself into the nation's most successful businesswoman

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"You've got to do what you've got to do," Ms Hendricks says of that tough time in her life

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Ms Hendricks also made an income by renting houses to college students in her initial days

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Ms Hendricks bought those houses and fixed them herself. "I cleaned a lot of toilets," she recalled

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Ms Hendricks co-founded the business with her late husband, Ken, in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1982

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