Professional skateboarder Nyjah Huston, 28, started with a "humble, simple upbringing" growing up in a strict Rastafarian household as the middle of five children. So when he began earning a few hundred dollars from his first sponsor, the streetwear brand Element Skateboards, at 7 years old, "I didn't even care about making money at the time," he tells CNBC Make It. Today, Huston is among the highest-paid skateboarders in the world with sponsorship deals with NikeSB and Monster. Disclosure: CNBC parent NBCUniversal owns NBC Sports and NBC Olympics. NBC Olympics is the U.S. broadcast rights holder to all Summer and Winter Games through 2032.

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Persons: Nyjah Huston, Huston, NikeSB, Warren Buffett Organizations: CNBC, League, Mercedes, Lamborghini, Team USA, NBCUniversal, NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, NBC, Games, NFL Locations: Paris, U.S