The ten roads to riches : the ways the wealthy get there (and how you can, too) Ken Fisher ; with Lara W. Hoffmans and Elisabeth Dellinger.

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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 Chapter 7 OPM—Not Opium: Where Most of the Richest Are 121 Basic OPM Career Rules 122 Steps to OPM Wealth 124 Hedge Your Bets 130 Private Equity’s Big Bucks 135 Don’t Break the Law 137 Love Capitalism, Not Social Acceptance 142 Chapter 8 Inventing Income 145 The True Inventors 146 Writing for Dollars 148 Political Pensions—and Good News 153 If You Can’t Be President . . . 155 Think Tanks Run Amok—a Sham-Scam 159 Monetized Reading 161 Chapter 9 Trumping the Land Barons 165 The Magic 166 Monetize It 166 The Fool’s Bargain 169 Flippin’s for Friggin’ Losers 171 Getting Started 172 Buy, Build, or Both? 175 Where to Be and Not to Be; That Is the Question 177 Baron Books 181 Chapter 10 The Road More Traveled 183 Income Matters 184 Saving Grace 186 Get a Good Rate of Return (Buy Stocks) 191 The Right Strategy 194 Bonds Are Riskier Than Stocks—Seriously 202 Like Hetty? 205 Reading for Dollars 206 Notes 209 Index 227

Ken Fisher - self-made billionaire, bestselling author, longtime Forbes columnist, and industry influencer - revisits one of his most personal studies on how the wealthy achieve their success. Drawn from his work with a vast, high-profile list of clients and his own firsthand trials and errors at making it big, this refreshed and revised edition of The Ten Roads to Riches divulges new insights into Ken's investing techniques and wealth-building tips through an expanded collection of real-life successes, failures, and flops