The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)

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84 The Ten Roads to Riches

If you can stomach it, Republi can or Democratic Party activi-

ties are a great way

to meet rich party d

onor

s. B

oth

parties have an

ongoing multitude of events to entice and maintain their wealthy

donor bases. (Both parties are ab

out

comparable in size and

wealth, but typically come from differ

ent

and somewhat conflict-

ing industry slices. T he oil guys, for example, are more likely to be

Republi can. Plainti ff's lawyers are more likely Democrats.) If you

become a fund-raising volunteer, you'll naturally meet donors.

T hese activities tend

to

work best centered around larger cit-

ies and state capitals for obvious reasons.

Commun

ity charities are

a similar approach with

out

the political edge and are everywhere.

Just as y

ou're

more likely to find a rich mate in rich community

property states like California or N evada than poor states like West

Virginia or South

Car

olina, you're more likely to meet them if you

volunteer for the ri

ght

social or political forums.

It really is ab

out

ri

ght

place, ri

ght

time.

Melinda

Gates

would never have met Bill

Gates

had she

not

been in Washington

working for Microsoft. Since he was always a

workaholic, it would have been weird for him to find love anywhere

else.

Mos

t of the ultra-rich are like that.

Th

ey are very obsessed

with what they do. You must be where they are.

Another perfect place is free inve

stment

seminars.