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Informationen zum Autor KEN FISHER is best known for his prestigious "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine. As well as being the longest-running continuous columnist at the publication, he is the founder and Executive Chairman of Fisher Investments. ELISABETH DELLINGER is an analyst at Fisher Investments and senior editor of MarketMinder.com. She is also coauthor of Beat the Crowd with Ken Fisher. LARA W. HOFFMANS has coauthored numerous bestsellers with Ken Fisher, including The Only Three Questions That Count, How to Smell a Rat, and Plan Your Prosperity. Klappentext Profiles of some of America's richest people and how they got that way--and how you can too!While we can't promise that this book will elevate you to the ranks of the super-rich, we can say that within its pages you'll discover everything you need to know about how, exactly, many of America's most famous (and infamous) millionaires and billionaires acquired their fortunes. The big surprise is that all of the super-wealthy it profiles got where they are today by taking one of just ten possible roads--including starting a business, buying real estate, investing wisely, and marrying extremely well. Whether you aspire to shameful wealth or just a demure fortune, bestselling author and self-made billionaire, Ken Fisher, will show you how to walk in the footsteps of tycoons--all the way to the financial success you dream of and deserve.* Packed with amusing anecdotes of individuals who have traveled (or tumbled) down each road to wealth* Extracts valuable lessons on how you, too, can achieve serious wealth, and, just as importantly, hold onto it* Provides powerful tools for determining what you need to do to position yourself for success and "Guideposts" and "Warning Signs" to help keep you safely on your road to success* Second Edition features more profiles and instructive examples than were found in the bestselling first edition Zusammenfassung Packed with anecdotes of individuals who have traveled down each road to wealth, this book extracts useful lessons on how you, too, can achieve wealth, and hold onto it. It provides tools for determining what you need to do to position yourself for success and "Guideposts" and "Warning Signs" to help keep you safely on your road to success. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Now, More Than Ever ix Acknowledgments xxiii About the Authors xxvii Chapter 1 The Richest Road 1 Picking a Path 3 Newer or Better? 4 Built to Sell or Built to Last? 6 Bootstrap or Finance? 10 Public or Private? 11 The Big Bull's-Eye 13 Founders Are Quitters-Just Do It 17 Chapter 2 Pardon Me, That's My Throne 23 Gray Hair and Dues-Paying 24 A CEO-volution (Through My Father's Eyes) 25 How to Lead 33 How to Get the Job 34 Aim Small . . . at First 36 The Big Payday 37 CEOs and Superheroes 40 The Best Part 43 Executive Education 43 Chapter 3 Along for the Ride: Ride-Alongs 47 Why Ride Along? 48 Pick the Right Firm 50 Be the Right Guy 55 Ride-Along Reading 59 Chapter 4 Rich . . . and Famous 61 The Talent Show 63 Potholes Ahead No One Sees! 67 Mogul Meandering 72 Read Your Way to Fame 78 Chapter 5 Marry Well. Really Well 81 How to Marry a Millionaire Billionaire 83 Like a Fine Wine-Well Maintained 90 Men Can Play, Too! 93 Love, Marriage, and Money 96 Do It by the Book 97 Chapter 6 Steal It-Like a Pirate, but Legally 99 Crusader or Pirate? 100 Raider's Road 101 The Richest Legal Road 103 Tort Us and the Scare 104 Target Practice 112 When a Pirate Becomes a Villain 115 The Inside Track 117 Chap...
