Wiley - How To Be A Billionaire - Proven Strategies From The Titans of Wealth - 978-0-471-33202-2
Wiley - How To Be A Billionaire - Proven Strategies From The Titans of Wealth - 978-0-471-33202-2
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"A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential
-Gordon Bethune
Continental Airlines
Self-made billionaires all have one thing in common: they excel at making money. But hard work, thrift, and focus are only part of the
story-you hold the rest of it in your hands. How to Be a Billionaire is the first comprehensive picture of the real strategies and tactics
that built the great business fortunes of modern times. Packed with engaging accounts of titans like Ross Perot, Richard Branson, Phil
Anschutz, John D. Rockefeller, Wayne Huizenga, Bill Gates, J. Paul Getty, and Kirk Kerkorian, How to Be a Billionaire will show you
principles that can increase your wealth and business acumen to the mogul level.
How to Be a Billionaire looks at the careers, the methods, and the minds of self-made billionaires to distill the common keys to titanic
accumulations of wealth. Each chapter explores a specific strategy and brings it to life through extended profiles of past and present
otherwise. The key to Walton's success was supreme devotion to copying the methods of other successful discounters.
What could be less complicated than buying low and selling high? But the ascent of
Warren Buffett, John Kluge, and Laurence Tisch to billionaire status depended on much more than an eye for good bargains. And if
you're looking to thrive by outmanaging the competition, look no further than Richard Branson. When the founder of Virgin Atlantic
needed to reduce his staff by 400 people, 600 volunteered to take off a few months on sabbatical.
How to Be a Billionaire identifies the methods, beliefs, and behaviors every businessperson must understand and emulate to reach the
pinnacle of riches. A manual for success that can benefit every aspiring tycoon, it is a fascinating read for anyone intrigued by wealth
"How to Be a Billionaire offers fascinating insight into the subject of building wealth. As a result of his exhaustive research, Martin
Fridson is able to explain the wealth-creation process from a unique perspective. As the reader will discover, there is no single formula
for success, but there are certain categories into which these concepts can be placed. My personal advice is to remember the words of
Winston Churchill who said, 'Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.'"
-Ross Perot
"Martin Fridson has created the ultimate roadmap to the American Dream. He comes as close to extracting a formula for the
-Jeff Sagansky
"Martin Fridson's book has a number of very insightful and thoughtful analyses, something you don't pick up in many business
schools."
-Philip F. Anschutz
Fridson details the tactics of self-made billionaires with great intelligence and insight. I wish this book had been available when I was
starting my career."
-Spencer Hays
MARTIN S. FRIDSON is Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Company and a member of Institutional Investor's All-America Fixed
Income Research Team. He is the author of It Was a Very Good Year, Investment Illusions, and Financial Statement Analysis, all
published by John Wiley & Sons. He serves on the board of the Association for Investment Management and Research.