John Paul DeJoria is an American entrepreneur, a billionaire and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company. He sold Patron two years ago to spirits company Bacardi for a reported 5.1 billion dollars. Not bad for a guy who was homeless two different times in his life and not bad for guy who started out with a series of jobs including janitor and door-to-door encyclopedia salesman. A true How Success Happens story.