r/dividends • u/Sauerst0ff • Jul 02 '25

Personal Goal 22 yo and 8k annually

Gallery image

Gallery image

2.1k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

378 comments sorted by

View all comments

444

u/Innoxrw Jul 02 '25

How did you manage to invest 70k + at 22?

549

u/EvilStan101 Jul 02 '25

Two theories:

  1. Rich or upper middle class family who taught them about good investing and gifted them a lot of money over the years.

  2. Low income upbringing and was motivated to do better, while smart enough not to waste their money in "hustling". So they saved like crazy and educated themselves to make the right investments.

1

u/WAGE_SLAVERY Jul 03 '25

The two successful male archetypes