All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make–and Spend–Their Fortunes Audiobook (Free)
- Marc Cashman
- 14 h 30 min
- Random House (Audio)
- 2007-09-04
Summary:
Released to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Forbes 400, ALL OF THE PROFIT THE WORLD, the task of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list to paint a stunning and revealing portrait of the wealthiest Us citizens of the past quarter century. Abundantly anecdotal, with insights gleaned from initial research, interviews with Forbes 400 people, and never-before-compiled data, it displays how fortunes are made in various sectors, and exactly how, once about All of the Money in the Globe: How the Forbes 400 Make–and Spend–Their Fortunes produced, they are saved, enhanced, and sometimes squandered.
From Wall Street to the West Coast, from blue-collar billionaires to blue-blood fortunes, ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD gives us the lowdown on, among other activities: the all-time richest Americans, who made and lost the most money, the areas and industries that have produced the best wealth, the largest risk takers, probably the most wasteful family feuds, and the most and least generous philanthropists.
Stated in collaboration with Forbes magazine, ALL THE PROFIT THE WORLD can be a vastly entertaining, behind-the-scenes look at today’s Big Rich, a topic of enduring fascination to all or any Americans.