November 2009
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256 pages
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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
by Ken Fisher, Lara W. Hoffmans
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THE
RICHEST
ROAD
Have a compelling vision?
Leadership skills?
An understanding spouse?
You
just
might
be a visionary founder.
his is the richest road. Founding your own finn can create astound-
ing wealth. Half of the 10 richest Americans did this, including
Bill
Gates (net worth $59 billion), gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson
($28 billion), Oracle C
EO
Larry Ellison ($26 billion), and Google
wunderkinds
Sergey
Boo
and LarryPage ($18.5 billion each).' Close
behind are info magnate and now
NYC
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
($11.5 billion), Nike's Phil Knight ($9.8 billion), finance's Stephen
Schwarzman
($7.8 billion), discount broker Charles Schwab ($5.5
billion), and many of the richest Americans from nearly every industry
and angle.
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Even better? T hese folks get wealthy and spawn rich ride-
alongs too. (See Chapter 3.)
And this road works with scant restriction by industry, education,
or pedi
gree-PhD
s and college dr
opout
s are equally welcome.
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