one was self-made billionaire steve nguyen.hen my father died we were broke. >> you were in debt actually, $350,000 in the hole. >> correct. but i had everything that i needed to go forward and find a better life for myself. i wasn't burdened by twitter and facebook. i preferred to make real life for myself instead of a virtual one. but i got down to business. [ applause ] i only cared about getting on with it. getting on with it. hustling. sooner or later if you work hard enough you'll get a break. i was interested in getting dug in, to getting started. >> but you started as the slots manager of a hotel here. >> before that i ran the bingo while i was at the university of pennsylvania. in maryland -- >> this doesn't look like a route to the top. >> it does not look like a route to the top, but i ran it. >> six years after you were slots manager you were chairman of a golden nugget hotel. >> i got lucky again. i got into a real estate deal with howard hughes. and i got a chance to run the place. >> and you decided that las vega