PARKER SCHNABEL – EST. $8 MILLION

Audiences will recognize Parker Schnabel from the reality-TV program, Gold Rush. He also got his own spinoff, Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail, through his popularity on the show. As some of you might already know, Schnabel comes from a family of miners, and he practically grew up in the business. He was born in Alaska, and even from a young age, he was already heavily involved in the family’s mining activities. His grandfather, John Schnabel, founded the Big Nugget mining company, and he grew up learning the ropes from him.

He made his fortune early on, as well. Schnabel may have opted out of getting a degree, but he is fully capable of running the business’s day-to-day operations. When he decided to strike out on his own, he used his college trust fund as seed money to establish his own operation. Needless to say, that risk certainly paid off!