許多移民的夢想是，來到美國，努力工作，為自己和家人創造更美好的生活。有些人可以過上體面的生活，而也有一些人卻可以為數以千萬計的人們創造謀生的機會。《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）最近報道了數位移民創業者，在美國十億美元規模初創公司中，這些創業者的公司占到了51%，令人大感意外。

下面九位創業者來到美國時一無所有，但他們懷揣著夢想，并最終獲得了財富。

埃隆?穆斯克，特斯拉汽車公司（Tesla Motors）聯合創始人

埃隆?穆斯克出生于南非，在重新搬回比勒陀利亞與父親艾洛爾住在一起之前，他一直與兩個哥哥和母親蝸居在南非的幾個小鎮上。穆斯克曾公開講到南非是一個充滿暴力的地方，并形容自己的生活條件就像“電影《蠅王》里一樣”。1989年，17歲的穆斯克搬到了加拿大，與母親的多位親戚生活在一起，每天的生活費只有一美元，靠吃熱狗和橘子度日。他后來進入安大略皇后大學（Queen’s University in Ontario）就讀，后轉到美國賓夕法尼亞大學（University of Pennsylvania）深造。

格瑞特?坎普，Uber公司聯合創始人

格瑞特?坎普出生于加拿大亞伯達省的卡爾加里，并在卡爾加里大學（University of Calgary）取得電子工程學位。后坎普搬到舊金山，創建了之前的公司StumbleUpon，并在創建Uber之前將其出售給了eBay。

彼得?泰爾，軟件公司Palantir的聯合創始人

彼得?泰爾出生于德國，在他一歲的時候，全家移民到了美國。他們最初選擇在俄亥俄州的克利夫蘭定居，但他們經常前往世界各地，如南非和斯瓦科普蒙德，并最終定居在了加利福尼亞州的福斯特城。泰爾于1989年從斯坦福大學（Stanford）畢業，取得哲學學士學位，并在1992年獲得斯坦福大學法學院（Stanford Law School）的法學博士學位。

阿普瓦?邁赫塔，日用雜貨配送公司Instacart聯合創始人

阿普瓦?邁赫塔出生于印度，在他13歲的時候，隨同家人一起移民到了加拿大。他曾在滑鐵盧大學（University of Waterloo）學習工程學，后來曾在黑莓（Blackberry）、高通（Qualcomm）和亞馬遜（Amazon）工作，直到26歲。

亞當?諾伊曼，共享辦公空間WeWork公司聯合創始人

亞當?諾伊曼出生于以色列，曾在以色列軍隊擔任海軍軍官，后移民到美國。他最初在布魯克林擁有一家嬰兒服裝公司，不久之后便創建了WeWork公司，目前該公司的估值為160億美元。

雷諾?維薩吉，活動票務網站Eventbrite聯合創始人

雷諾?維薩吉出生于法國，擁有康奈爾大學（Cornell University）和里昂中央理工學院（école Centrale de Lyon ）（法國的研究生院）的碩士學位。2006年，他與另外兩位聯合創始人凱文與茱莉亞?哈慈創建了Eventbrite，總部位于舊金山。

布萊恩?李，誠實公司（The Honest Company）創始人

布萊恩?李出生于韓國，后來在加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）攻讀法律，但他最終還是決定放棄稅務律師的工作。他先后參與創建了三家成功的公司：LegalZoom、ShoeDazzle和誠實公司。

埃莫?阿瓦達拉，企業軟件公司Cloudera聯合創始人

埃莫?阿瓦達拉出生于埃及，并在開羅大學（Cairo University）取得電子工程學學士和碩士學位。阿瓦達拉后移民到美國，并在2007年獲得斯坦福大學電子工程學博士學位。阿瓦達拉在2008年參與創建了Cloudera，并親自擔任首席技術官。

帕特里克?科里森，Stripe公司聯合創始人

帕特里克?科里森出生于愛爾蘭。八歲時，他在利默里克大學（University of Limerick）上了第一堂計算機課。科里森曾進入位于愛爾蘭尼納鎮的Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan學習，后在位于利默里克郡的凱瑟特伊學院（Castletroy College）繼續深造。2010年，帕特里克參與創建了Stripe，并獲得了彼得?泰爾于埃隆?穆斯克的投資。（財富中文網）

譯者: 劉進龍/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.