10 Luckiest People On Earth

some people may be naturally lucky but these people take it to a whole new level here are the ten luckiest people in the world number 10 David chose lucky decision David Cho was an artist and Facebook's founding president Sean Parker was a huge fan of Cho's work so in 2005 Parker asked Joe to paint Facebook's first official office Joe was a school dropout and a criminal and he was having a hard time making it as an artist he accepted the job and was given a choice he could take sixty thousand dollars for the job or he could be paid in stocks Parker strongly suggested that Cho take his payment in stocks instead of cash it was a gamble Cho needed the money and there was no guarantee that Facebook would do well but he took the gamble fast forward to today and chose stocks are worth 200 million dollars which is a far cry from the initial 60 grand he was offered number nine Rick north sig Ian's lucky plates in spring 2002 Rick norsu Ghia an avid collector who often found treasures by pursuing local garage sales stumbled upon the treasure of his life he noticed two decaying boxes and took a peek inside the boxes were full of glass photographic plates they were old but nor sig Ian thought they might be worth something so he bought both boxes for a grand total of $45 turns out he was right they were worth something the plates in the boxes were the work of the famous photographer Ansel Adams norsu Guillen has not yet sold the plates but the entire collection is estimated at a staggering 200 million dollars number eight Kevin Lewis's lucky mix-up Kevin Lewis became a millionaire by pure accident in August 2013 the Cincinnati Horseshoe Casino decided to do a promotion they held a random draw awarding the winner a 1 million dollar prize the name drawn was Kevin Lewis so when he heard his name he quickly went to claim his prize however when the casino went to verify his identity they discovered that he was the wrong Kevin Lewis the real prize belonged to a different Kevin Lewis casino management thought long and hard about how to handle the mishap eventually they decided that it was only right to award both Kevin Lewis is the 1 million dollar payout so the wrong and very lucky Kevin Lewis walked away a millionaire before we move on be sure to subscribe to daily toptenz with notifications on so you don't miss any of our videos number 7 Chris Clark's lucky domain it's hard to remember a time before the Internet but in 1994 the internet was still relatively new during that time people bought various domain names without really knowing what they were doing or the potential value of the names Chris Clark was one such man he forked out $20 to purchase the domain name Pizza com it wasn't really sure if this purchase was a good one or not but in 2008 Clark was glad he had made the lucky purchase Clark sold the domain name for 2.6 million dollars it was one of the largest sums of money ever paid to an individual for a domain name number six the lucky Declaration of Independence discovery in Adams town Pennsylvania an unknown man became rich when he discovered a very valuable document the man was at a garage sale when a painting caught his eye he purchased the painting for $4 and intended to hang it in his house but when he removed the frame he found something strange behind it behind the frame was a completely intact copy of the Declaration of Independence the document was dated July 4th 1776 and was signed by John Dunlap experts were able to confirm that it was in fact one of the original 24 copies made the copies were meant to be sent out to each of the colonies at that time the document was sold to the president of a fine arts investment for a staggering two million four hundred thousand dollars number five George and Betty Davis's lucky cardboard box George and Betty Davis of New York were rummaging through junk in the Attic they opened the plain cardboard box and pulled out a strange and very detailed figurine the figurine turned out to be a very rare Faberge figurine commissioned by the Tsar Nicholas ii of russia the figurine was of Nikolai Nikolayevich Putin s akov who is the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna 's bodyguard the Tsar had Faberge make it for his wife in 1912 and it was one of only fifty figurines ever carved by Faberge the figurine was extremely detailed with sapphire eyes the figurine was put up for auction with a starting price of the $500,000 but the figurine was sold to a london-based jeweler for a staggering 5.2 million number four charlie irons lucky career switch charlie iers was a personal chef working in Silicon Valley he was making a fairly decent annual salary at around eighty thousand dollars but he wasn't happy with his job and he was looking for a change so when he was offered a position as a chef for a small tech startup he weighed the pros and cons on the con side job had a much lower annual salary than his current salary they were willing to pay him $45,000 annually but the job came with a number of other perks and benefits including stock options so hires decided to take a leap of faith it turned out to be a pretty good decision the startup company was Google and iers became their executive chef when irons left in 2005 he left with stocks worth twenty six million dollars number three Eric laws lucky coins in November 1992 when 69 year old Eric laws lost his hammer he grabbed an old metal detector and set out to find it he and his wife were living a modest life off his pension but their lives were about to change in a nearby field still in search of his hammer laws came across a silver coin he immediately started digging he was surprised to find more treasures including a solid gold necklace adorned with rare jewels from there archeologists arrived at the scene and dug off the surrounding area their findings were astonishing they found a wooden chest full of 15 gold bracelets a silver bust of a woman and more than 1,000 gold coins the loot has been called the most important artifacts of Rome ever discovered in Britain the pay out the entire collection was worth fifteen million dollars a lot more than laws lost hammer [Music] number two Joan Arkin thirst lucky lottery Joan Arkin Thurs name should be in the dictionary under the definition of lucky Ginther has won the lottery not once not twice not even three times she has won the lottery a total of four times Ginther who was a former maths professor with a PhD is in statistics from Stanford University claims that all of her winnings had nothing to do with any sort of mathematical calculations they were all just pure luck she won her first lottery in 1993 for 5.4 million then in 2003 she won again to the tune of 2 million dollars her third win was for 3 million dollars in 2005 and her fourth and final win was her biggest she won 10 million dollars in 2008 Ginther has won over 20 million dollars but just how lucky is she well the odds of winning the lottery four times is 1 in 18 septal iam making in thar one of the luckiest people on the planet number one Terry Hortons lucky painting Terry Horton was a 73 year old retired truck driver when she stumbled upon a fortunate find Horton found a strange painting at a thrift store and bought it for five bucks she was going to give the painting to a friend who was depressed at the time to cheer her up but when the picture which was 66 inches by 46 inches wouldn't fit through the door of her friend's home Horton decided to get rid of the painting she put it up for sale at a yard sale however an art teacher wandered by and noticed the unique drip and splash method used to create the painting the art teacher suggested to Horton that she may very well have an original Jackson Pollock - at Orton replied who is Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock a famous American painter is best known for his Abstract Expressionism original Pollock paintings sell for millions and Horton quickly realized that if the painting were a Pollock it would yield a hefty sum the painting was unsigned though and had no record of authenticity as a result the painting caused quite a stir in the art world some believed it was not a Pollock at all but a forensic expert verified its authenticity and Horton was offered 9 million dollars by a Saudi Arabian private art collector she turned down the offer though she believes the painting is worth closer to 50 million and she's still holding out for the right buyer the fact that Horton accidentally stumbled on a potentially original Pollock earns Horton the top spot on our list of the 10 luckiest people in the world check out our previous videos on 10 greatest entrepreneurs who shaped the world and 10 most creepy abandoned towns and remember to subscribe to daily top 10s with notifications on so you don't miss any of our videos you [Music]

Channel: DailyTop10s

Views: 19,019

Rating: 4.5757575 out of 5

Keywords: Luckiest People, lottery winner, lottery, rich people, won the lottery

Id: wF4fEWuIH0E

Length: 10min 18sec (618 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 21 2019