Wealth Secrets: How the Rich Got Rich

Wealth Secrets: How the Rich Got Rich

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Discover how the superwealthy made it to the top (and you can too!)
From the richest Romans to the robber barons to today’s bankers and tech billionaires, Sam Wilkin offers Freakonomics-esque insights into what it really takes to make a fortune. These stories of larger-than-life characters, strategies, and sacrifices reveal how the wealthiest did it, usually by a passion for finding loopholes, working around bureaucratic systems, and creating obstacles to competitors.
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent gets at the heart of our feelings about the 1% of top income earners and the roughly 0.0001% who achieve billionaire status: we love to hate them, but we’d love to be them. Wilkin’s insight into the sources of wealth is thought-provoking and rigorous, and he reveals that behind almost every great fortune is a “wealth secret” — a moneymaking technique designed to defeat the forces of market competition.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (March 15 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 031637895X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316378956
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 431 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.77 x 20.96 cm
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6 reviews for Wealth Secrets: How the Rich Got Rich

  1. 1Amazon Customer1 –

    Not really any usable tools or content you can apply …
    Not really any usable tools or content you can apply today. More of a history lesson of the rich in the past. Was not what I was expecting.

  2. Imraan Mumtaaz –

    Learnt a lot about history…

  3. Anon –

    the book wasn’t very good preserved, the cover had wear and tear

  4. Ian –

    I am a terrible reader – I start most books and then get bored and never finish them. I’m happy to say that this is the first book that I have finished in probably 10+ years. When I saw how long it was and that is was written by a numbers guy, I was trepidacious, but his writing is smart, witty, and quite entertaining, particularly given the subject matter. I really loved reading the book and looked forward to reading a bit more of it each day. While he definitely covers the secrets, it is by no means an easy thing to become a billionaire, but should you choose to do so, I think this is an excellent way to get started.I think the best part of the book is they way it is written. I was truly laughing out loud many times during my read, and the impartial way he approaches the subject is all the more hilarious. They book is either a guide to getting rich by exploiting the many systems that exist or an indictment of capitalism. The author addresses this at the end of the book but never quite shows his hand – besides the US book cover perhaps, which amusingly was not considered appropriate for the UK version. I guess it’s more dignified to wipe with a president that a Royal!Anyways, it was an excellent read and if you are a student or professor of history or economics, entrepreneur, or perhaps a socialist/member of Occupy Wall Street, there is much to love about this book.

  5. Thomas R. Moorer –

    This book is worth reading. But the title is terrible, obviously a “hook” capitalizing on politicians attack on affluent people and hand-wringing about income inequality. It is really about the non-secrets of the wealth of the 0.000001%, the richest people who have ever lived. It is an interesting economic history from Roman times through the robber baron era and finishing with the internet boom. So, what’s the secret? Two things – be able to scale up and be able to eliminate competition, either through political sculduggery, policy influence, financial advantage, patents, first mover advantage, or network effects.

  6. Bogumil K. Baranowski –

    Remarkable book! Intelligent, well researched. I learned more about the true secrets behind big fortunes of the past and recent times than anywhere else before, and I read everything and all the time. You’ll see names, and companies you might have heard of before, but no other author has done an equally amazing job analyzing the origins of those successes. It’s one of those rare books you can’t just skim through. Every page is full of valuable observations. Will you be able to use them in your life? It’s up to you, but you won’t look at fortunes, billionaires, businesses the same way again. Thank you, Sam for a beautiful book. As an author myself, I know how much time and effort it takes, and your book is a true jewel.

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