The ten roads to riches: the ways the wealthy get there (and how you can too)

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