1. Bootstrappers: an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

2. Synonyms & Antonyms of Bootstrapper an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired he was the proverbial Bootstrapper, having worked his way up from the mail room to the corner office

3. Arriviste (n.) "a pushy, ambitious person," 1901, from French Arriviste, from arriver "to arrive" (see arrive).The notion is of a person intent on "arriving" at success or in society.