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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Marry
Well.
Really
Well
89
Forbes
400 member
Craig
McCaw, got $460
million-$23
million a
year for 20 years!
The
McCaws did it right and remain amicable.!"
If you do it, do it right with a prenup, and remain amicable after.
Anna
Nicole
Smith
is perhaps the most infamous. I won't
delve into it here (anything you want to know and more is in the
blogosphere). But the moral of Ms. Smith's tale is always do it right:
1.
Get
it in writing with a good divorce attorney up front.
2.
Don't
do anything that looks stupid. In this, stupid is as
stupid looks.
3.
If
you marry a good lawyer, you lose.
They
know; you
don't.
4.
Get
a grip . You can't win on any road to riches without
basic life control.
MEN
CAN
PLAY
TOO!
The
stereotype
of
"marrying money" is the young woman, older
man. But this isn't just a female's game! Plenty of men marry suc-
cessful, wealthy
women-older
or younger. Fewer, yes, because
men otherwise control more wealth. That's
not
sexist.
Just
look
at the
Forbes
400-it's
mostly men for whatever reason. But that
doesn't mean this isn't as legitimate a road for men as women.
For
example, if
John
McCain
has had successes in life qualify-
ing him to be president, surely his biggest, as near as I can tell, is
marrying well. Great-looking, long-lasting, graceful, and mega-rich
Cindy! (You've heard the jokes. She even came with her own beer
supply!) Ditto for
Senator
John
Kerry
(net worth $314 millionr' ?
who married his
wealth-twice!
Wife one,
Julia
Thome, ...
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