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OPM
NOT
OPIUM:
TVHERE
l\!IOST
OF
THE
RICHEST
ARE
Like telling folks what to do?
Have nerves of steel?
OPM may
fit
you fine.
T
his road is paved with fees from Other
People's
Money
(OPM)-
money management, private equity, brokerage, banking,
insurance, etc. It's easy entry. You don't need a PhD or a brain
surgeon's brain.
There
are lots of crossovers here too.
OPMer
s fre-
quently found big firms (Chapter 1) and generate very rich ride-alongs
(Chapter 3). Some
OPMer
s end up heroes, some in pri
son-th
ere's
ample room for conflict of interest. But a good
OPM
richie efficiently
and ethically makes his (or her) clients rich at the same time. Getting
rich while making others rich
-what'
s more blessed than that?
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