Edward Thorp is regarded as the “The Father of Card Counting” and built his wealth playing blackjack and baccarat. He’s also a mathematician known for co-inventing the first wearable computer with Claude Shannon in 1961.
Before his gambling success, he worked as a math professor at various universities. The math genius published his world-famous book, Beat the Dealer, in 1962.
After years of dominating casinos, he went to Wall Street and used his skills to predict stock market movements. With this, he added stocks to his multiple income sources, amounting to a net worth of $800 million.
Tony Bloom -Over the years this hobby has won him around $2.5 million and has seen him play in some huge tournaments including the World Poker Tour and Poker Million IX where he finished second.
