Lynda Rae Harris has a knack for business and a track record of innovative business ideas that led her to become a self-made billionaire. As one of her ventures in the 1990s, she purchased a large tract of farmland and planted pomegranates, which were relatively unheard of as a cash crop at the time. Ten years later, she read a study citing the health benefits of the antioxidants in the fruit, and she realized the potential market opportunity. She was poised to pounce.