To be a millionaire, you need to have a high-paying job or be a businessman. At least that’s what we commonly hear. But there are people who have quietly amassed wealth even with an ordinary job. Source: Giphy Enter Ronald Read. I recently came across this retired gas station attendant and janitor who was worth nearly US$8 million upon his death. Morgan Housel’s “The Psychology of Money” featured the janitor-turned-philanthropist and I got intrigued by his story that I went to dig up further. From a Modest Salaried Employee to a Millionaire Ronald Read was born in 1921 in rural Vermont, US, to an impoverished farming family. To travel to high school, he walked and hitchhiked daily, covering a distance of over 6 km. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II. After getting an honourable discharge in 1945, Read returned to Vermont where he worked as a gas station attendant and...