After the dust settled down from the Apple event earlier this month, people noticed something quite sad: Apple quietly killed the iPod Classic, the only iPod to still use the "click wheel."

The largest size was 160GB, and could hold 40,000 songs. And fans of the device took the news pretty hard. 

But this wasn't the first time that Apple quietly killed older products when new products were announced. 

Original Apple earbuds

iPod and iPhone owners can be most easily spotted by the white cords coming out of their ears. The iconic white earbuds have been shipping with the company's portable devices since the very first iPod was released in 2001. 

The earbuds were updated through the years with slight modifications and additions, such as an inline remote that came with the third-gen Shuffle and an inline remote and mic, which shipped starting with the iPhone 3GS.

But in 2012, with the release of the iPhone 5, Apple completely changed the design, as well as the name with the introduction of the Apple EarPod. 

Square-shaped iPod Nano

Apple introduced the iPod Nano in 2005, when Steve Jobs pointed to the watch pocket in his jeans and asked, "Ever wonder what this pocket is for?"

The Nano went through many iterations, but the sixth-generation version, which was released in 2010, was something special. It featured a 1.55-inch touchscreen and, when coupled with a watchband accessory, could be used as a pretty awesome watch. 

In 2012, Apple announced the seventh-generation Nano, chucking the square design, going back to the rectangle shape of yesteryear, and leaving all those awesome watchbands in the dust. 

30-pin charger

Apple's proprietary 30-pin connector cable was used to charge Apple's products, until the Lightning cable was introduced in 2012. 

The coolest part about the Lightning cable is that it can fit in the device in any direction, so you don't have to fiddle around with a cord when you need a quick power boost. But with a new proprietary cable, people had to scramble to replace all their accessories that used the 30-pin connector. Not to mention hotels everywhere that provide alarm clocks with built-in 30-pin docks. 

The largest religious university in the country is also the best place to find students with beauty and brains.

Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah is the top school for students who are both hot and smart, according to data put together by Niche. The other schools that make the cut span from small liberal arts colleges to giant state universities, and everything in between.

To compile this ranking, we used data from Niche's lists on the colleges with the hottest guys, hottest girls, smartest guys, and smartest girls. Niche's college section — College Prowler— features close to 1 million in-depth student reviews on more than 8,000 schools

We've included a few quotes from each school's Niche profile in our ranking to help illustrate what the student body is like. 

#25 University of Wisconsin — Madison

Madison, Wis.

"Everyone is really nice. Easy to strike up a conversation out in public or in class. Everyone likes to have fun but is ultimately there for an excellent degree and a good future."

"I love my dorm neighbor guys. I have a ton of guy friends and guys I can study with. Smart and cute is a great combination!"

Visit Niche for more on University of Wisconsin — Madison.

#24 Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vt.

"We can't keep our hands off each other! Most guys here have a sculpted body, and the girls here are fit with pretty faces."

"Not only are the people at Middlebury superficially beautiful and fit, but they're also hard working, brilliant, interesting and engaging individuals who are passionate about something."

Visit Niche for more on Middlebury College.

#23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, N.C.

"Both the girls and guys are athletic and into looking good. People take pride in their appearances. The accent isn't hard to get used to but if you're not from here it'll take a little while to get used to."

"The people you meet is really up to you. If you're into Greek people, then you'll most-likely get upper class, preppy, and sometimes snooty people. If you try to meet others outside of the Greek scene, then you're most-likely to get a more diverse range of people, which could include people who are nice, geeky, etc."

Visit Niche for more on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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There are 24 new fall shows coming to network TV this fall and even more coming to cable.

It can be overwhelming to decide what's worth watching, so we narrowed down the picks to 10 shows worth checking out across the networks, cable, and online.

Here's what you should tune into.

"Madam Secretary" (CBS)

Premieres: Sun., Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m.

What it's about: Téa Leoni stars as the new White House Secretary of State who steps in after the previous one died in a suspicious plane crash.

Why you should watch: Initialreviews have been mixed; however, it sounds as if there's potential for the series to be a mix between "The West Wing" and "The Good Wife" mixed with "Scandal." Writer Barbara Hall has previously worked on "Judging Amy."

Watch the trailer.

"Selfie" (ABC)

Premieres: Tues., Sept. 30 at 8 p.m.

What it's about: The modern version of "My Fair Lady," follows Karen Gillan ("Doctor Who") as a self-absorbed social media addict, Eliza Dooley, who asks a coworker, Henry (John Cho), to rebrand her after she realizes she has no friends in real life.

Why you should watch: While the concept sounds gag inducing and a little outdated (Time considered the term a buzzword two years ago) the ABC comedy is actually good. We previewed the show at an event with an audience in which it was well received. The chemistry between Cho and Gillan makes this show worthwhile. Everything that perturbs you about Gillan's character is reflected by Henry, and it turns out he has a few quirks that could be straightened out by Dooley as well.

The main problem here is that the show’s marketing could use some rebranding. The initial trailer is alienating to a general audience who may get offended by a "vapid, social media obsessed narcissist." ABC pulled it from public viewing on YouTube after it was first released. 

Watch the trailer.

"The Flash" (The CW)

Premieres: Tues., Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. 

What it's about: The series will focus on the origin story of how Barry Allen turns into the Flash, the DC superhero with lightning speed.

Why you should watch: The series received a lot of praise from fans when it debuted earlier this year at San Diego Comic-Con. If you're a fan of the CW's other comic book series, "Arrow," you'll enjoy crossover moments between both shows along with a hint of the Flash's main villain in the season premiere.

Watch the trailer.

Hiring managers typically use your résumé to determine whether you're qualified for the job, and the interview to decide if you're the perfect fit. 

Knowing that, most people take the process very seriously. They arrive to the interview on time, dress impeccably, and answer each question intelligently.

But as it turns out, there's more to it than just showing up and doing your best — there are dozens of small details that overtly or subconsciously affect the way you're perceived.

1. The time of your interview.

Apparently, 10:30 a.m. on a Tuesday is the best time for you to schedule an interview, reports Glassdoor. People are shown to be most productive on Tuesdays and won't feel rushed by the time they meet you. It's also late enough in the day that your interviewer has had time to check their email, have a cup of coffee, and get ready for your arrival.

You also don't want to be someone's last meeting of the workday, because there's a good chance the interviewer's attention might not solely be on you. They could be thinking about priorities that they have after work, for example, such as dinner plans, kids' homework, etc.

Also, avoid interviewing pre or post-lunch because your time with them will either be cut short or you'll be left waiting for a long time.

2. The weather on the day of your interview.

University of Toronto researchers Donald Redelmeier and Simon D. Baxter found that medical school applicants fared worse if they interviewed on a rainy day compared to their sunny day interviewees.  

They say: "Overall, those interviewed on rainy days received about a 1% lower score than those interviewed on sunny days. This pattern was consistent for both senior interviewers and junior interviewers. We next used logistic regression to analyze subsequent admission decisions. The difference in scores was equivalent to about a 10% lower total mark on the Medical College Admission Test." 

The data included nearly 3,000 applicants over a six-year period. 

3. How early you arrive.

You may think it'll look good if you arrive early — but if you're excessively early, you could be hurting your chances.

"Of course arriving a few minutes early is a good idea, and is certainly better than arriving late — but don't show up a half hour before your interview," says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job." "It can make you appear too anxious or put pressure on the interviewer. If you have extra time, gather your thoughts in your car or take a brief walk to get your energy up."

Millennials may be creating the "experience economy" and changing the traditional workplace, but on most measures, they aren't all that different from the generations before them.

Nonprofit think tank The Demand Institute surveyed 1,000 millennial households to find out what, exactly, they expect for their futures. The findings aren't revolutionary — in fact, the plans millennials hold fall right in line with their parents' and grandparents' perceptions of what it means to live the American Dream. 

Here, we've republished the Institute's findings with its permission, in nine slides that shed light on everything from how millennials are feeling about the next five years to how much they're spending on rent.

By 2018, the number of American households headed by millennials will increase by over 60%.

Despite coming of age during the recession, millennials are just as optimistic as any young people who came before them: 79% expect their financial situation to improve.

Five years from now, 64% of millennials expect to be married, and 55% expect to have kids — news that will probably be very welcome to grandparents everywhere.

Over the past five seasons of the hit ABC reality show "Shark Tank," countless entrepreneurs have pitched their products to some of the world's most influential investors.

Not only do contestants have a shot to convince billionaire investor Mark Cuban or real-estate mogul Barbara Corcoran to fork over a few hundred grand, but they do so in front of a national audience of about seven million viewers.

Some aspiring entrepreneurs have risen to the challenge and shown how to give a pitch that's so concise and effective that the investors feel like they'd be missing out on some major cash if they didn't gain a stake in the company.

In anticipation of the sixth season's two-hour premiere on Friday, Sept. 26, and with the help of Andrew Figgins, a Chicago-based entrepreneur and owner of the fan site InTheSharkTank.com, we look back at some of the greatest pitches we've seen so far on "Shark Tank."

Vivian Giang contributed to this article.

PITCH: Charles Michael Yim has a breathalyzer that plugs into your smartphone.

In the fifth season, Yim galvanizes all five Sharks around Breathometer, a startup that makes a breathalyzer that plugs into your smartphone. He already has $1 million in venture backing, $100,000 in sales the previous month, and readily answers the Sharks' questions. He initially asks the Sharks for $250,000 for a 10% equity stake in his business. 

RESULT: All five Sharks invest for a total of $1 million.

Yim ends up with all of the episode's investors — Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Daymond John, Lori Greiner, and Robert Herjavec — in his corner and a whopping $1 million investment for 30% of his company.

PITCH: Bruno François has an app that will let you take panoramic video without using your hands.

If you place your phone vertically on a solid surface and use the Cycloramic iPhone app, it will vibrate your phone in a circle as it records video.

François boldly tells the Sharks he expects to have one million users after one year and requests $90,000 for 5% of his company.

Jeremy Gray is an award-winning fine art, nature and landscape photographer who grew up in Maine, a state known for its beautiful scenery.

Through his art, Gray hopes to inspire in others the same respect, care and connection with nature that he feels for his home state.

Gray's shared a selection of his astronomy photography with Business Insider, which he took at state and national parks throughout Maine. 

Click here for more examples of Gray's astronomy photography, or visit his main page for samples of his other nature and landscape photography.

Jeremy Gray took to nature photography a few years ago. He creates emotionally powerful images through his emphasis on light and tone, like in this breath taking image, “A Colorful Night”, which he took along the banks of Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park capturing the bright band of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Mesmerizing star trails paint the night sky along the frozen, snow-blanketed banks of Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park in this image Gray dubbed “Celestial Winter". Star trails are particularly challenging to produce but the result makes it all worthwhile, which Gray says.

A colorful aurora illuminates the horizon while stars dot the night sky. A calm pond located west of Baxter State Park, reflects the night sky and the trees and hills, which separate Earth from sky in this image “Abol Bridge Aurora”.

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Thanks to tight deadlines, crowded inboxes, constant meetings, and pressure to perform, it's easy to fall into the trap of working too much.

And while it's important to be dedicated to your career, finding time for a life outside of work is just as (or more) crucial. 

"As humans, we need other outlets in our lives, such as friends, family, and hobbies, to live the kind of lives that bring us greater satisfaction," says Scott Dobrowski, a community expert at Glassdoor, a site where employees can review their jobs and employers. 

Glassdoor recently sifted through its data to find which professions offer the most flexible schedules, the option to work from home, and allow employees to set their own schedules. In other words: the jobs that provide the best work-life balance. 

Data scientist, SEO specialist, and tour guide top the list.

"By maintaining a healthy work-life balance, we see employees who tend to be satisfied in their jobs," Dobrowski explains. Employees in these jobs are motivated and hard working, yet still avoid burning out, which is good for both the employee and employer.

20. Game Designer

Work-life balance score: 3.8

"Nice people with a high team spirit, a great work life balance, countless events, activities, and benefits and low hierarchies."—Wooga Game Designer (Berlin, Germany)

19. Real Estate Broker

Work-life balance score: 3.8

"Flexible schedule, unlimited income, great work environment."—Century 21 Real Estate Broker (location, n/a)

18. Carpenter

Work-life balance score: 3.8

"Lots of chances to move up or lateral moves if you don't like what you are doing. Environment values family and having a life outside of work."—Fluor Carpenter (Boulder, Colorado)

You've sat through recruiting sessions, and you've networked with bankers.

But you're still completely unprepared for what it's actually like to work on the street.

Business Insider is here to help.

We've put together a list of great advice from Wall Street legends, seasoned professionals and young analysts in order to prepare you for your first year on the street.

Maybe take notes if you want to.

You're going to be a burden during your first three months. Try to be a small one.

"For your first 3 months you will be a burden - just try to be a small burden. Don't spin your wheels, ever - Associates hate when their analyst is sitting there fumbling and stymied. Don't ask questions that you haven't at least tried to think through yourself - but once you've thought them through, don't be afraid to ask. Write down everything so you remember what you learned and don't have to ask again."

Former analyst as boutique investment bank

Source: Business Insider

When you're networking with senior co-workers, direct the questions to them.

"When you're networking with senior people, always direct the questions to them. People in this industry are egotistical and they love talking about themselves. It'll be a solid start to your networking."

Male, 53, Hedge fund

If you want to acquire and keep your clients, don't only talk about the markets.

"I found other topics to discuss. And I found that when I ceased being a business bore -- and quit pushing my views about the market on everyone -- that people came to be more interested in any advice that I might have to give. At the time I was a broker starting out, and it helped me acquire clients. I think the same thing is true as a parent with your kids. If you give advice, it's not nearly as well received as when it's asked for."

Julian Robertson, Founder of Tiger Management (a now defunct hedge fund)

Source: Fortune 

Earlier this week, Alaska TV reporter Charlo Greene made headlines when she quit her job on-air to focus on being an advocate for marijuana legalization.

While quitting in public isn't the best idea for people's longterm career prospects, these acts of defiance are certainly entertaining for the rest of us.

We collected the stories of seven people who chose to give their bosses a little something extra when they resigned, using platforms ranging from a local radio broadcast to an op-ed in the New York Times.

Marina Shifrin tells Next Media Animation she's "gone" in interpretive dance video.

Chicago native Marina Shifrin was working in Taiwan as an editor for Next Media Animation, a company famous for its ridiculous cartoon spoofs of American news stories, when she decided she'd had enough of the long nights and the constant pressure to turn out more content.

In a bold move, she decided to film herself in the Next Media Animation newsroom doing an interpretive dance set to Kanye West's "Gone." On the bottom, she placed scrolling text explaining her frustrations with her job and announcing to her bosses that she was quitting.

The video struck a chord with overworked young people everywhere, and it spread like wildfire on the internet. In the year since it was posted, the video has collected 18 million YouTube views.

Flight attendant Steven Slater slides to freedom.

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater became a folk hero in the summer of 2010 when an unruly passenger sent him into a fury while their plane was on the tarmac of New York's JFK Airport.

After the passenger refused to stay in her seat until the pilot said it was safe to get up, Slater got on the plane's public address system, dropped the F-bomb, and told passengers that after more than 20 years as a flight attendant, he'd had enough.

Slater then escaped the plane via its inflatable emergency slide and rushed home. He later pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and attempted criminal mischief, agreeing to undergo counseling and substance abuse treatment in order to avoid a prison sentence.

Puppeteer Gwen Dean quits her machine engineering job on the biggest stage of all.

At the 2014 Super Bowl, web hosting company GoDaddy decided to shed the raunchiness that had been pervasive in its previous ads at the big game, instead hoping to position itself as a facilitator for small business owners hoping to pursue their dreams.

And so, during a commercial break, former US Coast Guard member Gwen Dean told her boss Ted and 110 million other Americans that she would be quitting her job as a machine engineer to focus on her small business making puppets.

Dean told the Today Show the following day that her boss was supportive of her decision and actually texted her after the ad ran to say, "great commercial!"

Today's traders are spoiled by their online discount brokerage accounts and their Bloomberg terminals.

Before broadband fired live quotes and analysis at the speed of light to our smartphones, people used read bid-ask spreads off of chalkboards and historical data off of miles of ticker tape.

We went way back to see how trading was done in the pre-Bloomberg terminal era. We even went back before ticker tape was a thing.

With the help of images from the Museum of American Finance in New York, we put together a brief, visual history of trading technology, from ticker tape to the present. 

Editor's Note: Former Business Insider writer Rob Wile contributed to the original version of this feature.

Brokers called the main trading room downtown "The Curb Exchange." This was before it became the American Stock Exchange.

Photo from 1915.

Much of the time, deals would be conducted out of windows to traders on curbs.

And traders were hardcore. Here they are on the Curb Exchange during a snowstorm.

For National Coffee Day, we're honoring some of the best coffee shops around the US.

Forget Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts. Every state has its beloved local haunt where you can grab a cup of joe or a foamy masterpiece of latte art and unwind.

We found the best coffee shop in every state by looking at expert reviews and local recommendations.

ALABAMA: O'Henry's Coffees is there to keep Birmingham hyper-caffeinated with its signature Gibraltar Quad Shot: four shots of espresso and a hint of milk.

ALASKA: Jitters is so good it can give you just that, if you drink too much. In a hurry? Grab a coffee from its coffee truck, right in the shop's Eagle River parking lot.

ARIZONA: Cartel Coffee Lab is a great, six-location local chain. Its single-origin coffee is roasted in-house and served with fresh pastries daily.

Cartel Coffee Lab

This is the most expensive house ever listed for sale in Houston.

The Wall Street Journal's Candace Taylor reports that it is owned by Wilbur Bosarge Jr., cofounder of the high-frequency trading firm Quantlab Financial.

According to the realtor, Bosarge and his wife are selling the home because they're often outside Houston, in other homes they own around the world.

The château-style home is being listed by Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty. It boasts eight bedrooms with seven full baths, four fireplaces, and a garage that can hold up to five cars. There's also a billiards room, massage room, gym, and spa.

"Carnarvon Chateau" sits on 2 1/2 acres of land.

It is in a gated community completely surrounded by woods.

And it looks gloriously golden when lit up at night.

Forbes has released its annual "Richest People In America List." 

The Forbes 400 always includes the biggest names in the hedge fund space. We counted 30 hedge fund managers this year.

Fund managers like Daniel Loeb of Third Point and Bill Ackman of Pershing Square have both seen their net-worth increase significantly in the past year. Steve Cohen also saw a $1 billion jump in his personal fortune. 

The 84-year-old George Soros is still king, though, with an estimated net-worth of $24 billion.

On the flip side, numerous billionaire fund managers in the US didn't make the cut. Folks like Baupost Group's Seth Klarman and Discovery Capital's Rob Citrone, who are worth 10 figures, weren't quite rich enough. 

Tom Steyer

Rank: 389

Net-worth: $1.62 billion

Age: 57

Fund: Farallon Capital (Retired)

Source: Forbes

Louis Bacon

Rank: 388

Net-worth: $1.62 billion

Age: 56

Fund: Moore Capital Management 

Source: Forbes

Bill Ackman

Rank: 377

Net-worth: $1.7 billion

Age: 48

Fund: Pershing Square Capital Management 

Source: Forbes

The American Forbes 400 list is out today, and Bill Gates has retained his spot as the richest man in America for the 21st year in a row. 

The top 10 was dominated by familiar faces, as well as the Walton family. Christy Walton, Jim Walton, Alice Walton, and S. Robson Walton all made it into the top 10 with their Wal-Mart billions. 

In total, 27 newcomers made it onto the prestigious list this year. The combined net worth of the richest 400 Americans was $2.29 trillion, up $270 billion from last year.

The minimum net worth to break the Forbes 400 was $1.55 billion — $250 million more than in 2013.

Figures are current as of today. The Forbes 400 rankings are subject to change.

#10 S. Robson Walton is worth $34.8 billion

Change from last year: +$1.5 billion

Age: 70

S. (Samuel) Robson Walton is the eldest son of Wal-Mart's founder Sam Walton, and has been the chairman of the Wal-Mart board since 1992.

He attended New York's Columbia University School of Law and practiced at Oklahoma law firm Conners & Winters before re-joining the Wal-Mart fold.

Source: Forbes

#9 Alice Walton is worth $34.9 billion

Change from last year: +$1.4 billion

Age: 64

Alice is another daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and an heiress to the family fortune. 

She is a major art collector and currently heads the 200,000-square-foot Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Source: Forbes

#8 Michael Bloomberg is worth $35 billion

Change from last year: +$4 billion

Age: 72

Michael Bloomberg is the former mayor of New York and is now back as CEO of Bloomberg LP, with an 88% stake. 

Before becoming the mayor of NYC, Bloomberg was a self-made billionaire and Harvard Business School alum. You can read about his journey to success here.

Source: Forbes

With a net worth of approximately $81 billion, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates is one of the wealthiest people in the world. 

He topped Forbes' list of the wealthiest people in America, released Monday. It's the 21st year in a row that Gates has held the top spot. 

Gates has been a public fixture ever since he and Paul Allen started a computer revolution in the 1980s. He has all of the toys you would expect from the world's richest man, from a private jet to a 66,000-square-foot home he nicknamed Xanadu 2.0. 

Yet as his wealth has grown, Gates has done more and more philanthropy work, donating billions of dollars to charity projects through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

Bill Gates was born on Oct. 28, 1955, in Seattle. The son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, he was an argumentative but brilliant child. As a teenager, his appetite for knowledge was so great that he read the entire "World Book Encyclopedia" series from start to finish.

Source: Wall Street Journal

His parents enrolled him at the Lakeside School, a rigorous Seattle private high school that future Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen also attended. Gates often credits his discovery of computers to the tools he gained at Lakeside. "The experience and insight Paul Allen and I gained here gave us the confidence to start a company based on this wild idea that nobody else agreed with — that computer chips were going to become so powerful that computers and software would become a tool that would be on every desk and in every home," he said in a 2005 speech at the school.

Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

After graduating from Lakeside in 1973, Gates headed to Harvard. Though he entered as a pre-law major, he soon changed course and quickly worked his way through the university's upper-level math and computer science classes.

Source: NPR

Forbes released its annual Forbes 400 list on Monday, revealing the 400 wealthiest people in the US.

It's not just a list of privilege; it's a story of opportunity. Many of these mega successes started with limited means. 

Just ask Jan Koum, the WhatsApp founder who once lived on food stamps. After selling his company to Facebook in February for $19 billion, he's now worth $7.7 billion, Forbes estimates.

Then there's Larry Ellison, who worked eight years of odd jobs before founding Oracle. He's one of the biggest dollar gainers since last year, making a $9 billion jump in net worth from 2013. 

It's not only an American Dream. Several international entrepreneurs have had similarly meteoric rises. Talk to Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who started his career as an English teacher and is now worth over $20 billion after taking his company public. 

These rags-to-riches stories remind us that through determination, grit, and a bit of luck anyone can overcome their circumstances and achieve extraordinary success.

Vivian Giang contributed research to this article.

Jan Koum, the CEO and cofounder of WhatsApp, once lived on food stamps before Facebook made him a billionaire.

Net worth: $7.7 billion (according to Forbes)

Koum, 37, came to the US from Ukraine when he was 16 years old. His family, struggling to make ends meet, lived on food stamps that they picked up a couple blocks away from Koum's future WhatsApp offices in Mountain View, California.

In 2009, he and cofounder Brian Acton launched the real-time messaging app with an aim to connect people around the world. It essentially replaces text messaging.  

WhatsApp, which now has over 600 million global users, agreed to a $19 billion buyout from Facebook earlier this year. 

The deal made Koum a multibillionaire.

Jack Ma taught English before founding Alibaba in 1999.

Net worth: $20.2 billion 

Born in Hangzhou, China, Ma grew up in poverty. He couldn't get a job at the local KFC. He failed the national college entrance exams — twice — before finally graduating and starting his career as an English teacher. 

Then, in 1995, he had his first visit to the US. He saw the internet for the first time. 

Recognizing that there was little in the way of Chinese content online, he started China Pages, a directory that was arguably the very first Chinese web startup. It promptly failed. 

In 1999, he founded Alibaba. Today, the online retailer handles double the merchandise of Amazon. With September's IPO, Ma became China's richest person. 

Elizabeth Holmes started her blood diagnostics company when she was 19. Now at 30, she's a billionaire.

Net worth: $4.5 billion

When Holmes was a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford University back in 2003, she started Theranos, a blood diagnostics company that makes blood testing cheap. 

The Palo Alto startup has 500 employees, a reported $400 million in funding, and a $9 billion evaluation. 

Holmes has always been precocious — she taught herself Mandarin in her spare time when she was growing up in Houston. She was filing patents before getting to Stanford. And now she's worth billions. 

Any woman who has made it to the top knows that being boastful about your accomplishments can cost you — and not just in terms of dollars.

Research finds again and again that women are discouraged from exhibiting pride in their empires including their sizable accomplishments and bank accounts.

Women vocalizing their success is incongruent with "the feminine gender stereotype of supportiveness, submissiveness and interpersonal sensitivity," to quote one study, meaning that we oftentimes get deemed  "not a team player," which is actually sexist code for "not ladylike."

While women may be culturally discouraged from articulating that they want to be filthy rich (or that they are!), that hasn’t stopped some throughout history from discussing wealth: its strengths, its weaknesses and its role in their successes.

But, most importantly, for many of these iconic women, wealth and money is defined beyond the dollar amount: Money is ambitions, independence, time, and sheer opportunity.

Rita Rudner

Rita Rudner is an American actress, comedian and writer. She received a Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Television and Radio for her comedy show, "Ask Rita."

She has performed alongside Sheryl Crow and Bette Midler and has appeared on the show "Melissa & Joey."

Katharine Meyer

Katharine Meyer was publisher and CEO of her family’s newspaper, The Washington Post, for over 20 years, including during the Watergate coverage that lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.

In 1972, she became the first female Fortune 500 CEO. Meyer won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1998 memoir, "Personal History."

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is considered one of the most famous American actresses to have ever lived, enduring as an international sex symbol for over four decades.

She starred in such iconic American films as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,""The Seven Year Itch" and "Some Like It Hot." During her lifetime, her films grossed more than $200 million.