Rags to riches
Subtitle: motivating stories of how ordinary people achieved extraordinary wealth
By: Gail Liberman and Alan Lavine
Contributors: Lavine, Alan
Publisher: Dearborn
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780585230153
Subjects: Rich people; Biography; Wealth; Riches; Biographies; Richesse; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Finance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226).
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Real Estate Millionaire Ignores Financial Planner  -- Del Hedgepath -- 1 -- 2.; title: Golfs His Way to Millions  -- Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez -- 13 -- 3.; title: Despite Illiteracy, Builds $5 Million-a-Year Business  -- Jay Thiessens -- 28 -- 4.; title: Advertising Marketer Selects Right Career  -- Francis "Fran" J. Kelly III -- 41 -- 5.; title: From Abject Poverty to Detroit Real Estate Wealth  -- Judy Walker -- 54 -- 6.; title: Brooklyn Slums Spawn Billionaire Record Mogul  -- David Geffen -- 66 -- 7.; title: Couple Uses Software to Cut Debt and Invest Wisely  -- Paul Jakubowski, Cheryl Jakubowski -- 77 -- 8.; title: From Farmhouse to Hair Care King  -- Joe L. Dudley Sr. -- 87 -- 9.; title: Failing Entrepreneur Succeeds with Tweezer Business  -- Dal La Magna -- 100 -- 10.; title: Living in Parking Garage Pays Off  -- Lisa G. Renshaw -- 117 -- 11.; title: Invests Bar Mitzvah Money in Stocks  -- Marvin B. Roffman -- 127 -- 12.; title: Makes Millions from Magic Tricks  -- David Copperfield -- 140 -- 13.; title: Frugal Columnist Saves More Than $1 Million  -- Humberto Cruz -- 148 -- 14.; title: Microsoft Millionaire  -- Scott D. Oki -- 163 -- 15.; title: Ramp Agent Grows with Southwest Airlines  -- Dennis L. Lardon -- 175 -- 16.; title: Poetry and Novels Earn Millions  -- Maya Angelou -- 184 -- 17.; title: Couple Creates and Sells Personnel Business -- Timothy B. Faber, Karen Schmidt Faber-- 195.