November 2009
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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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It
takes
a
while
, so find
a fieldyou
love.
24
The Ten Roads to Riches
indicted! And
CE
Os are often demonized just for their big pa
y-
which they get precisely because of the career risk they face.
On this road, you need leadership and executive qualities to
rise, be anointed, and keep the throne.
The
world loves successful
CEO
s
-h
eroes! But the difference between a hero, a zero, and a
weirdo often isn't much, as we'll see.
GRAY
HAIR
AND
DUES-PAYING
Wh
ere to start? Like Chapter 1, start where you're passionate. Mos t
C
EO
s, except for some very few founders, aren't young.
It
takes
time, so you better enjoy the ride . Working for a firm you love, in
a field you have passion for, is
critical-and
the more profitable the
better (see our exercises in
Chapter
7),
but
to endure long enough
to become CEO, passion trumps profitability. Enjoy it.
T hough there are shortcuts to being
CEO
(covered later), you
toil long and pay your dues. But there's good news: If successful,
you can keep your seat a l
ong
tim
e-l
ike
Hank
Green
berg
(worth
$2.8 billionj.' F
orm
er
AIG
CEO
f
ounder
C
orn
elius Vander St
arr
tapp ed him as
CEO
in 1968
-a
post he held until 2005.
Micr
osoft
CEO
Steve
Ballmer (w
orth
$15.2 billion)3 was a long-time ride-
along (Chapter 3) to Bill
Gat
es and g
ot
the
thr
one in 2000. As a
ride-along
-turn
ed-C
EO
he rode two roads well.
Non-found
er
CEO
s are
of
ten a ride-along variation who switched to the hot seat.
To do this, study
Chapter
3 on how to be a ride-alon ...
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