
ACKNOWLEDG
MENTS
The
notion for this book stemmed from conversations between
literary agent
Jeff
Herman, me, and David Pugh, the
John
Wiley &
Sons editor of my 2006 New rork Times best seller, The Only Three
Questions That Count.
Before that book,
Jeff
wanted me to write a
broad wealth
book-an
all encompassing ultra-wide spectrum book
covering the waterfront. I hadn't written a book in a long, long time
and didn 't feel like taking on that project,
but
ultimately evolved to
do
Thr
ee Questions which was a much more narrow capital markets
b
ook-
and where I felt confid
ent
I could offer unique insights. Still,
after that,
Jeff
wanted me to do a wealth book. And David wanted
another book (and broader spectrum to him meant it might sell
even
bett
er). It was really only when we started talking about focus-
ing on only the mega-wealthy as a road map for everyone else that
I saw something I wanted to
do-and
knew I could do. For
that
,
I thank them b
oth
for their patience with me.
So then I went back to Lara Hoffmans who worked with me
in crafting my prior Wiley book. Pri or to that book she had been
an investment counselor in my firm's client services group
but
since
then had becom e a manager in our content group. It produces all
our written client communications including client reviews, market-
ing materials, and
our
daily webzine, www.marketminder.com.
The
c
ontent
group is also responsible for, and Lara as been instrumental
in, the