Episode 257: Summary Success Unshared is Failure | John Paul DeJoria In this episode Joe Polish interviews John Paul DeJoria. John Paul grew up in poverty and spent time homeless with his young son before finding work as a janitor. Fast-forward and he’s on the Forbes 400 list with a net worth of over $3 billion. He’s a businessman and philanthropist who’s joined Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in the pledge to give away half his wealth to charity.