Dwayne Johnson never thought in his wildest dreams that he would be named the highest paid actor in Forbes' history. He feels his business philosophy and acumen has been sharpened over time and through failure.

Dwayne started with just $7 in his wallet when he dropped from the Canadian Football League in 1995. He has even named his production company ‘$7 Bucks Production’ to remember his humble beginnings.

The actor seems to be surprised for achieving this milestone and shared his happiness by posting an image of him and captioned it, “I work extremely hard but never anticipated (in my wildest dreams) I’d become the highest paid actor in Forbes’ history”.

🙏🏾 I work extremely hard but never anticipated (in my wildest dreams) I’d become the highest paid actor in Forbes’ history. I don’t have a Harvard MBA, but my business philosophy and acumen has been sharpened over time and thru failure. My goal when I was wrestling in flea markets for $40bucks per match (well before the bright lights of the @wwe) is still the exact same goal I have today - ALWAYS put my AUDIENCE FIRST. I have one boss - the world. Send you home happy, and I’ve done my job. I’m the dude who started w/ $7bucks. I’m grateful to the bone and hungry to the core. #MakingForbesHistory #AudienceFirstPhilosophy #FleaMarketDreams #HardestWorkerInTheRoom

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Jul 17, 2018 at 9:46am PDT

Thanks @forbes.
Good insight into the power of social media and the critical connective tissue is provides for your audience. It’s become my #1 asset and direct, authentic line of communication my audience around the world. Exciting to see how we grow platforms. #connection https://t.co/MoMooLKHFt

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 18, 2018

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