When Meruelo was 16 and still in high school at Rosemead's Don Bosco Tech, he took over the tuxedo-rental business next to his parents' shop. He saved up enough to start investing in property himself, first buying a small apartment building in Huntington Park and later a plot of land in Riverside that he'd later sell to Walmart, a deal he said made him a millionaire in his early 20s.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 20, 2018 20:23 UTC