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If billionaire J. Paul Getty can't tell you, who can?

There are plenty of books on making money by men who haven't made much. But if J. Paul Getty, who Fortune called "the richest man in the world," (in 1957) doesn't know how, who does? Here the billionaire businessman discloses the secrets of his success - and provides a blueprint for those who want to follow in his footsteps. And he goes beyond the matter of making money to the question of what to do with it...

Unlike most books about financial wealth which discuss how to get rich, Getty discusses how to be rich. In this must-read, he discusses how he amassed his wealth and describes the mindset of the wealthy.

The mindset he expands on in this book enabled him to became a millionaire at age 23, retire, and return to business two years later to build a business empire over the next six decades. Getty discusses:

• The Millionaire Mentality
• The Traits of a Successful Executive
• The Value of Nonconformity
• Investments in Stocks, Art and Real estate
• The Morals of Money

This book, published in 1965, was a compilation of articles written by Getty for Playboy Magazine which approached him to write about money and values. The wisdom dripping from the words in this book goes beyond the conventional subject of how to acquire wealth as an end. Instead, Getty describes financial wealth as a valuable tool to contribute to the growth of the world.

"Certainly, only a minute fraction of any working businessman's fortune is ever available to him as personal cash on hand... He knows that wealth which serves no constructive purpose has no real justification for its existence. It might be said that he views business as a creative art. He uses his money as capital, investing and re-investing it to create businesses and jobs and produce goods and services." - J. Paul Getty, How To Be Rich.

About the Author:

Famously known as "the world's richest man," J. Paul Getty built a vast business empire of over 200 companies during a business life that spanned six decades. His most notable businesses were in the oil sector with Getty Oil. He spent a large part of his adult life in England from which he controlled his global business interests. His love of art was legendary and culminated in his creation of the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. He passed away in 1976.

Category:  Biography