Themistocles

first self-made man

"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man."

- Themistocles [c.524 BCE - 459 BCE]

analytical, persuasive

"I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city."
- Themistocles [c.514-449 C.E.]