By Peter W. Bernstein, Annalyn Swan
From Wall highway to the West Coast, from blue-collar billionaires to blue-blood fortunes, from the Google men to hedge-fund honchos, the entire cash on the planet offers us the lowdown on this present day richest americans. Veteran newshounds Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan delve into who made and misplaced the main cash long ago twenty-five years, the fields and industries that experience produced the best wealth, the most important chance takers, the main aggressive gamers, the main wasteful relatives feuds, the trophy other halves, the main conspicuous shoppers, the largest artwork creditors, and the main and least beneficiant philanthropists. Incorporating specific, never-before-published facts from Forbes journal, all of the cash on the planet is a tremendously unique, behind-the-scenes examine state-of-the-art titanic wealthy.
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