It is a known fact that Russian tennis beauty Maria Sharapova, 31, came to the Unites States in 1994 with her dad Yuri with just $700 with them. A decade after moving to America, Sharapova, 17, won the Wimbledon and she got £560,500 (approx R5.1 crore) as the prize money.

In a recent interview with CNBC Make It, when Sharapova was asked what did she purchase with her first big prize money, she replied: "Having grown up in an environment where wealth was shown with labels and logos, I headed straight to TJ Maxx [US departmental store chain] and splurged on a bright-colored Louis Vuitton bag. I wore it, I don't know, three times, and then I realised how silly that looked."