Today I live as a billionaire, but I certainly wasn't born one. I was born in 1945 in rural Oklahoma to sharecrop cotton farmers. I lived in a crowded one-bedroom house with 12 other siblings. Because I could not pay for college, I began working at a gas station. Nearby oil drilling stations first inspired me to chase after the dream of starting an oil company. Although I had no idea how to drill oil, I slowly accumulated information from any engineers or geologists I came across. By doing endless hours of work and studying maps, I was able to find a close by, unoccupied oil source, and drilled an oil well that changed my life. Due to its success and rising oil prices, I was able to start a drilling firm, eventually called Continental Resources. I learned geology at a university, expanded the firm across the US, and became a billionaire. Isn't it amazing how in a capitalist society like America, anyone can rise to prosperity? I was able to escape poverty, and transform from a gas station worker to the CEO of a successful company. Surely, anything is possible.
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