It’s never too soon[to start contributing to retirement plan]. If you put $2,000 into a Roth IRA at 8 percent interest today, you will have $94,000 in 40 years. If you put $2,000 per year into a Roth IRA, you can have more than $1 million in 50 years.
Suze Orman is a award winning certified financial planner and author of several books including 'The Road to Wealth'. She went from being a waitress at age 30, making $400 a month, to now having her own TV show and a net worth of $30 million dollars.