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How to be a Billionaire: Proven Strategies from the Titans of Wealth Paperback – May 1, 2001

by Martin S. Fridson CFA (Author), Martin S. Fridson (Author)

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"A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire's success."

-Gordon Bethune
Chairman of the Board and CEO
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 masters of the art of making money.

Do you think innovation is the best way to prosper in business? Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart retail chain, would tell you 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 and how it's gotten.

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"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 acquisition of wealth as any book I have ever read."

-Jeff Sagansky
CEO, Paxson Communications

"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
Chairman and CEO, The Anschutz Corporation

"How to Be a Billionaire is a powerful arsenal of dead-on strategies for increasing your personal wealth and business acumen. Marty 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
Founder, Tom James Company
Executive Chairman, Southwestern/Great American, Inc.
Chairman, Athlon Publications

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A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others. Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire's success.-Gordon Bethune, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Continental Airlines

Martin Fridson has created the ultimate road map to the American Dream. He comes as close to extracting a formula for the acquisition of wealth as any book I have ever read.-Jeff Sagansky, CEO, Paxson Communications

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, Chairman and CEO, The Anschutz Corporation

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, and Phil Anschutz, it will show you principles that can increase your wealth and business acumen to the mogul level.

Martin Fridson looks at the careers, the methods, and the minds of self-made billionaires to distill the common keys to titanic accumulations of wealth. He identifies the methods, beliefs, and behaviors every businessperson must understand and emulate to reach the pinnacle of riches. How to Be a Billionaire is a manual for success that every aspiring tycoon will benefit from.

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"A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others. Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire s success." Gordon Bethune, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Continental Airlines

"Martin Fridson has created the ultimate road map to the American Dream. He comes as close to extracting a formula for the acquisition of wealth as any book I have ever read." Jeff Sagansky, CEO, Paxson Communications

"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, Chairman and CEO, The Anschutz Corporation

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, and Phil Anschutz, it will show you principles that can increase your wealth and business acumen to the mogul level.

Martin Fridson looks at the careers, the methods, and the minds of self-made billionaires to distill the common keys to titanic accumulations of wealth. He identifies the methods, beliefs, and behaviors every businessperson must understand and emulate to reach the pinnacle of riches. How to Be a Billionaire is a manual for success that every aspiring tycoon will benefit from.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (May 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0471416177
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0471416173
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.88 x 9.02 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2011

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Great book. Just didn't cover one thing: Leadership. I guess it was implied that they all had leadership abilities, but being a leader of PEOPLE, rather than a clever technician, seems to be something that all billionaires have. At least in my readings. Overall great book.

Also, he seemed to want to point out a flaw in Napolean Hills Think and Grow Rich, available here on Amazon. He says that Edison, the great inventor, was not a billionaire, even though Napolean Hill thinks so highly of him. Technically, he is correct, he was not a billionaire. But Hill uses him as an example of basically finding solutions by thinking outside of the box. Edison was wealthy in ideas. Napolean Hill I believe makes the point that there is no end to ideas, good ideas and good solutions are always out there. Applying persistence really pays off, and not giving up. Edison wanted to make a lot of inventions, and he did, through persistence and not giving up.

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Jorge Aquije

Excellent, straight to the gut, realisitic and meaningful.

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2015

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Great book of Martin Fridson, show us in a realistic and a objective way how many figures that we know became billionaries not millionaires is different. Take big risks but calculated risks, do it something different that permits outmanage the competition, always keep opening the back door. And having a deeply commitment with our self and our objective to become rich work hard, do things not just dream in things and excel in every thing you do are some points in the book. I strongly recommended it.

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Dr. Franco Arda

What a horrible title - what a good book !

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2009

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The author tries to identify what the superrich did right and tries to formalize it in some structure. I use the word `try' because becoming rich is no hard science. We don't know what works and what doesn't. Unfortunately, the number of ways to do something wrong always exceeds the number of ways to do it right. The author tries to pinpoint the right ways. As with any case study, the attributes that `explain' success can also be used to `explain' failure. For example, taking monumental risk can make you rich or poor. But, where the author succeeds is trying to create a structured approach to becoming superrich.

While it's not science, I believe the author gets credit for trying to approach the subject in a structured format.

In my view, the most important part of the book is thinking about overcoming the levelers. In particular the `Menace of Competition'. The mighty economic forces that conspire against your success.

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Elvis Irizarry

Exceptional addition to any business library...

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2006

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I came across this book at my local library and after reading it, brought a copy and been re-reading it for the last year. With Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, it is my blueprint to my personal goals of amassing one billions dollars.

Though much of the information is pretty tough to understand at first, with much persistence and open-mindedness, this book has motivated me more than ever with every page I turn.

What can I say? Get the book and see for yourself.

Definitely worth more than its flashy gold cover.

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john s.

this is a good start.

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015

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have not quite made it to the billionaire status,this is a good start..........

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Richard B. Lanoue

That's Right - Shoot for Billion with a "B"

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2006

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This book, more than any other book on creating wealth, spells it out. If you want a get rich quick plan - sorry - this book is about the slow and steady! Can you say Tortoise and the Hare? Just like everyone else, I was taught to get a good education, get a job and live happily ever after until reaching retirement - get my gold watch and the company will take care of me. Hah! The truth is, the old ways don't work. The people who are profiled in this book were all successful in their own way.

I believe that if you model yourself after a successful person you will be successful. That's not new. What's new is to follow in the footsteps of one of these giants and success will be yours!

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Notes of a dirty old fart

Very good book if you consider to be a billionaire

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020

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I like a lot of this book. Lot of golden nuggets. If you want to be a billionaire read this!

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Pearl

Best book on the subject by far

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2015

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Best book on the subject by far.
Very clear and concise writing style with a lot of valuable information gleaned. I was enticed into reading it until the very end. Thank you!

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Mr X

Amazing book!

Reviewed in Italy on October 31, 2024

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Look beyond the cheesy title. It's a truly outstanding book! Great in-depth research on the people analyzed

Fernando Arenas

Todo bien

Reviewed in Mexico on August 22, 2018

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Leah

Great book. I read a lot of "self-help" books ...

Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2017

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Great book. I read a lot of "self-help" books and this one stands out as it goes deeper, beyond the general principles of wealth. For example, it can be misleading to think that much of Warren Buffett's wealth comes from his strategy to buy low. The author goes deeper and reveals that in fact, Buffett is able to negotiate great deals through multiple factors that lead to a good deal, leverage from his insurance companies, buying companies outright in order to control operations, being in a financial position to become a "white knight", etc. This is just one of many great insights from the book.

I recommend this book if you don't want to waste energy on factors that don't actually matter in wealth accumulation. Spending the same amount of time and energy in areas that are less likely to make you rich, means you'll work just as hard but accumulate less wealth. It's better to do nothing for nothing, rather than something for nothing.

Dr. Manisha joshi

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Reviewed in India on April 28, 2019

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It will motivate you.
It will tell you to commute yourself.
Its deep work.
Its work book and prosperity plan.
With bitter truth and grand adventure to achieve fortune.
Must read for aspiring young entrepreneurs.

Joel

Not Bad

Reviewed in Australia on July 10, 2016

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Clearly a good book, just outlining basic strategies to reach
wealth, but I feel it was over written with to many useless examples

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