Steve McElroy, BBA ’81, knows how to bet on himself. One day in 1988, he sent a letter to business magnate and former presidential candidate Ross Perot about an invention he came up with. Miraculously, Perot loved the idea, and the two went into business together. Years later, at 37, McElroy—who at the time had never picked up a paintbrush—left the business world to pursue painting. Since then, he’s sold more than 3,700 works of art. Read more here.