George Foreman is a man who has enjoyed success in several careers as he was a professional boxeran author, an ordained minister, and an entrepreneur. So, how did he earn his fortune? He was born in Texas on January 10, He was raised along with his six siblings by his mother and stepfather and had a troubled childhood, leaving school at just He began playing football as a child but gave it up to concentrate on boxing, a sport at which he showed great talent. Foreman won many competitive events as an amateur boxer and geeorge on to compete in the boxing heavyweight division at the Olympics in Mexico City.