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All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes
- Hardcover
- Publisher: Knopf
- Release Date: September 2007
- ISBN-10: 0307266125
- ISBN-13: 9780307266125
- List Price: $26.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryIn All the Money in the World, Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan--in conjunction with Forbes magazine--take an unprecedented and fascinating look at the lives, culture, and financial habits of the unbelievably rich. Examine these excerpted "infographics" and discover for yourself that they really are different...
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Customer Reviews
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Lives of the Rich and Spoiled
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Spelling out everything (and that means everything) that you never-wanted-to-know (but secretly did and do want to know) about the earning, spending, and living habits of the Mega-Rich members of the elite Forbes 400, All the Money in the World takes you on a yacht tour through the private lake that is their lives. Essentially an encyclopedia of rich drama, it will make you think about the impact of making that much money, and what you would do in their positions.
Bernstein and Swan will take you through a variety of feelings, ranging from jealousy to disgust as you read about the lavishly wasteful lifestyles that members of the Forbes 400 participate in. Though it does mention the few whose generosity is as large as their bank accounts (mostly New Money) and show you the lighter side of being so wealthy as well.
Buy or not to buy?
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This is a question in fact, why YOU are reading now this. And instead of hoopla review, I want to be helpful, because, maybe next time your review will be helpful to me.
There is one more book that has just about same content, and you must consider it, if you want to buy this kind of reading. Here it is: Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
Now, let me list the differences and pros & cons (IMHO of course) of ALL THE MONEY against Richistan.
Pros:
Graphs, Statistics, Numbers, Lists & beyond.
That is what ALL THE MONEY is just affluent of. I loved the graphs, and what I especially like - authors tie them in text, like a break-ins, so, interupting huge blocks of the text - to make a rest of reader. That is great.
Cons:
It's still outsider view. Lo and behold, it is a compilation of facts, who spent what, who lost what and who divorced whom. While author of Richistan, literally hided himself in stealth mode, to see the soul & inside of this world. But again it lacks all the numbers and lists that this book have
What to do? Buy both :)
Billionaire gossip at its best
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This book is similar to "Richistan" in nature in that it profiles many wealthy people and how they obtained and spend their wealth.
It's quite a bit more detailed in terms of comparisons, statistics, historical information than Richistan, however.
But again, if you are looking for explicit and detailed information of what you should and shouldn't do to obtain your own wealth you'll want to look elsewhere.
It does give examples of how some of the super rich got their money but that's a fairly small part of the book.
To summarize, the rich got rich by taking advantage of underserved markets by creating businesses, inheritance, finance deals, and sometimes just plain dumb luck.
If you want to know about other rich people and what you can do with your money once you have it then this is a good reference to have.
A Fascinating Book on Wealth and the Superrich
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I have always been fascinated with wealth, and have enjoyed reading about the Forbes 400 for years. "All The Money In The World: How The Forbes 400 Make - And Spend - Their Fortunes" by Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan was an extremely fascinating and enjoyable read. If you are interested in the superrich, this book paints a revealing portrait of the wealthiest of the rich and shows how they succeed, how fortunes are made in various industries, and how, once made, they are saved, enhanced, and sometimes squandered.
This thoroughly researched book provides abundant anecdotes and insights as well as compiled data in illuminating tables, sidebars, and factoids. Did you know that Bill Gates comes in as the thirteenth richest American if you converted past riches into today's dollars? (Actually 2006 dollars when the book was being researched) John D. Rockefeller's wealth would be 305.3 billion dollars when converted to 2006 dollars. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined don't make a third of that. Did you know that in 2006 the average net worth of 400 members without a college degree exceeded the average net worth of those with a degree by a considerable margin - $2.8 billion? That's partly due, of course, to the Gates factor. Did you know there were 97 immigrants from 34 different countries that made the Forbes list over the last twenty-five years? The book is filled with so many interesting stories and facts.
The book also shows that money is not everything. The superrich have problems just like everyone else, and sometimes those problems are at a greater scale. So while this book describes those that may seem unobtainable to most, you also realize that they are still people just like everyone else. Well, maybe not like everyone else, but they are still people.
Chapters include:
Part One: What It Takes
1. Education, Intelligence, Drive
2. Risk
3. Luck - and Timing
4. Winning Is Everything
Part Two: Making It
5. Blue - collar Billionaires
6. West Coast Money
7. Entertainment and Media
8. Beyond Wall Street
Part Three: Spending It
9. Conspicuous Consumption
10. Heirs
11. Family Feuds
12. Giving It Away
13. Power and Politics
Afterword: Money and Happiness
Appendix: The Forbes 400, 1982-2006
This is a vastly entertaining behind the scenes look at the superrich. I found it fascinating to read about those billionaires I was familiar with, but also those extremely wealthy that you never really hear about. It made me feel good to read about the money these Forbes 400 members give away to help others, and then sometimes shake my head wondering when you see what some of these people spend money on. Forget about the enormous cost of purchasing a yacht, but think about the upkeep running into tens of millions of dollars a year and you may wonder as I did why Paul Allen wants to own two of the top ten U.S. owned yachts. Octopus at 414 feet is number two, and Tatoosh at 301 feet 8 inches is number four. If you are wondering, Larry Ellison's Rising Sun at 452 feet 8 inches is number 1, and no one knows who owns number seven's Laurel at 240 feet and number nine's charter yacht Reverie at 229 feet, seven inches.
If you want to read an extremely interesting and fascinating book about wealth and those that have accumulated the most of it, read "All The Money In The World." Besides being entertained, you just might learn some insights to help you accumulate more wealth yourself. After all, you will see that if these people can do, so can you or anyone else.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, author of Hard-Won Wisdom From the School of Hard Knocks and the dvds: Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, the Lock On Joint Locking Essentials series and articles including a regular column on negotiation for The Montana Lawyer. Alain Also wrote a series of articles called Lessons From The Apprentice.
Interesting
Rating:
This was a satisfactory read, although if you are a diligent reader of Forbes and Fortune as well as WSJ and FT there probably won't be much in here you didn't already know. I did enjoy the sections on Family Feuds and Blue-collar Billionaires but got a bitter taste in my mouth while reading the Conspicuous Consumption section. All in all it was a decent book, and what you'll learn is that if you want to have billionaire status you need to have drive and determination as well as be a workaholic.
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