Age Quote by Michael G. Rubin

I ran my own business when I was 19, buying condos and renovating apartment buildings.

— Jared Kushner

When I was declared bankrupt it felt like I was in a financial mess I would never get out of.

— Miquita Oliver

My first bankruptcy was the best thing that could have happened to me. All those hangers-on all just disappeared.

— Kerry Katona

On one level, going bust didn't bother me. It was the 80s, and there wasn't the stigma about bankruptcy that you might think. My…

— Simon Cowell

What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I didn't really know what to do for…

— Steve Jobs

I was fortunate enough to set myself up financially and do business things.

— Spencer Dinwiddie

I became a freelance stylist to survive, and then I had a kid. I bankrupted in 1988 and had a kid in 1990.

— Maripol

I was declared bankrupt a few years ago, which really made me grow up and look in the mirror, face myself, and find strength.

— Miquita Oliver

I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have…

— Vanilla Ice

I almost went broke. I didn't file bankruptcy, but I had some miserable times there for two or three years.

— Carlos Beruff

How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.

— Ernest Hemingway

I failed my 11-plus and ended up working in a factory after I left school. But then I passed my audition on 'New Faces'…

— Lenny Henry