Nearly three decades ago, Tomas Gorny came to the U.S. as a Polish immigrant living on $3 a day, after rent and transportation costs.
Today, the 49-year-old Gorny is the founder of multiple tech businesses, including a cloud-based business communications company called Nextiva that was most recently valued at $2.7 billion.
Gorny, the company's CEO, has a net worth exceeding $1 billion, according to a Nextiva spokesperson.
After rent and transportation costs, he had only a few dollars per day for food and other necessities, he says.
Two years later, his $3 per day turned into a net worth above $1 million, he says.
Persons:
Tomas Gorny, Gorny, —
Organizations:
CNBC, Internet Communications
Locations:
Germany, Los Angeles