移民成富翁：9位实现美国梦的创业者

许多移民的梦想是，来到美国，努力工作，为自己和家人创造更美好的生活。有些人可以过上体面的生活，而也有一些人却可以为数以千万计的人们创造谋生的机会。《华尔街日报》（Wall Street Journal）最近报道了数位移民创业者，在美国十亿美元规模初创公司中，这些创业者的公司占到了51%，令人大感意外。

下面九位创业者来到美国时一无所有，但他们怀揣着梦想，并最终获得了财富。

埃隆•穆斯克，特斯拉汽车公司（Tesla Motors）联合创始人

埃隆•穆斯克出生于南非，在重新搬回比勒陀利亚与父亲艾洛尔住在一起之前，他一直与两个哥哥和母亲蜗居在南非的几个小镇上。穆斯克曾公开讲到南非是一个充满暴力的地方，并形容自己的生活条件就像“电影《蝇王》里一样”。1989年，17岁的穆斯克搬到了加拿大，与母亲的多位亲戚生活在一起，每天的生活费只有一美元，靠吃热狗和橘子度日。他后来进入安大略皇后大学（Queen’s University in Ontario）就读，后转到美国宾夕法尼亚大学（University of Pennsylvania）深造。

格瑞特•坎普，Uber公司联合创始人

格瑞特•坎普出生于加拿大亚伯达省的卡尔加里，并在卡尔加里大学（University of Calgary）取得电子工程学位。后坎普搬到旧金山，创建了之前的公司StumbleUpon，并在创建Uber之前将其出售给了eBay。

彼得•泰尔，软件公司Palantir的联合创始人

彼得•泰尔出生于德国，在他一岁的时候，全家移民到了美国。他们最初选择在俄亥俄州的克利夫兰定居，但他们经常前往世界各地，如南非和斯瓦科普蒙德，并最终定居在了加利福尼亚州的福斯特城。泰尔于1989年从斯坦福大学（Stanford）毕业，取得哲学学士学位，并在1992年获得斯坦福大学法学院（Stanford Law School）的法学博士学位。

阿普瓦•迈赫塔，日用杂货配送公司Instacart联合创始人

阿普瓦•迈赫塔出生于印度，在他13岁的时候，随同家人一起移民到了加拿大。他曾在滑铁卢大学（University of Waterloo）学习工程学，后来曾在黑莓（Blackberry）、高通（Qualcomm）和亚马逊（Amazon）工作，直到26岁。

亚当•诺伊曼，共享办公空间WeWork公司联合创始人

亚当•诺伊曼出生于以色列，曾在以色列军队担任海军军官，后移民到美国。他最初在布鲁克林拥有一家婴儿服装公司，不久之后便创建了WeWork公司，目前该公司的估值为160亿美元。

雷诺•维萨吉，活动票务网站Eventbrite联合创始人

雷诺•维萨吉出生于法国，拥有康奈尔大学（Cornell University）和里昂中央理工学院（École Centrale de Lyon ）（法国的研究生院）的硕士学位。2006年，他与另外两位联合创始人凯文与茱莉亚•哈慈创建了Eventbrite，总部位于旧金山。

布莱恩•李，诚实公司（The Honest Company）创始人

布莱恩•李出生于韩国，后来在加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）攻读法律，但他最终还是决定放弃税务律师的工作。他先后参与创建了三家成功的公司：LegalZoom、ShoeDazzle和诚实公司。

埃莫•阿瓦达拉，企业软件公司Cloudera联合创始人

埃莫•阿瓦达拉出生于埃及，并在开罗大学（Cairo University）取得电子工程学学士和硕士学位。阿瓦达拉后移民到美国，并在2007年获得斯坦福大学电子工程学博士学位。阿瓦达拉在2008年参与创建了Cloudera，并亲自担任首席技术官。

帕特里克•科里森，Stripe公司联合创始人

帕特里克•科里森出生于爱尔兰。八岁时，他在利默里克大学（University of Limerick）上了第一堂计算机课。科里森曾进入位于爱尔兰尼纳镇的Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan学习，后在位于利默里克郡的凯瑟特伊学院（Castletroy College）继续深造。2010年，帕特里克参与创建了Stripe，并获得了彼得•泰尔于埃隆•穆斯克的投资。（财富中文网）

译者: 刘进龙/汪皓

The dream for many immigrants was to move to the United States, work hard, and create a better life for themselves and their families. Some people were able to make a decent living while a select few were able to create a living for thousands of other people. Wall Street Journal recently reported that immigrants started an eye-opening 51% of U.S. billion-dollar startups.

Here are nine entrepreneurs who came to the U.S. with almost nothing but a dream and struck gold.

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla Motors

Elon Musk was born in South Africa where he lived with his two brothers and mother in several towns before moving back to Pretoria to live with his father, Errol. Musk publicly speaks about how South Africa was a violent place and refers to his living condition “like Lord of the Flies”. Musk moved to Canada at age 17 in 1989 and lived with various relatives of his mother, surviving on a dollar a day while eating hot dogs and oranges. He attended Queen’s University in Ontario before relocating to the University of Pennsylvania in the USA.

Garrett Camp, co-founder of Uber

Garrett Camp was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he got his electrical engineering degree at the University of Calgary. Camp moved to San Francisco to work on his previous company, StumbleUpon, which he sold to eBay before starting Uber.

Peter Thiel, co-founder of Palantir

Peter Thiel was born in Germany and his family migrated to the United States when Thiel was one-year-old. They established themselves in Cleveland, OH but routinely moved around to places like South Africa and Swakopmund before finally settling in Foster City, CA. Thiel graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy from Stanford in 1989 and earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1992.

Apoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart

Apoorva Mehta was born in India then moved with his family to Canada when Mehta was 13-years-old. He studied engineering at the University of Waterloo before working at Blackberry, Qualcomm, and Amazon, all by age 26.

Adam Neumann, co-founder of WeWork

Adam Neumann was born in Israel and moved to the U.S. after serving as a navy officer in the Israeli military. He owned a baby clothing company in Brooklyn before starting WeWork shortly after, which is now valued at $16 billion.

Renaud Visage, co-founder of Eventbrite

Renaud Visage was born in France and earned a Master’s degree at Cornell University and École Centrale de Lyon (Graduate School in France). With his co-founders Kevin and Julia Hartz, they started Eventbrite in 2006, headquartered in San Francisco.

Brian Lee, co-founder of The Honest Company

Brian Lee was born in South Korea and went to UCLA to study law but ultimately decided to drop his tax attorney career. He went on to help start three successful companies: LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, and The Honest Company.

Amr Awadallah, co-founder of Cloudera

Amr Awadallah was born in Egypt where he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University. Awadallah migrated to the United States and earned a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007. Awadallah co-founded Cloudera in 2008 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer.

Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe

Patrick Collison was born in Ireland. He took his first computer course when he was eight-years-old at the University of Limerick. Collison studied in Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan, Nenagh, before attending Castletroy College in Castletroy, County Limerick. In 2010, Patrick cofounded Stripe, which received backing from Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.