The World's Wealthiest Losers [antikvár]

PrefaceT^ here is a widely held belief that the very, rich are different from the rest of us. How, one asks, can they belong to the same species when they count their money in millions and bob along through life on a sea of champagne? While most people worry about mortgages and how to pay the electricity bill, they don't have a carc in the world. Or do they? Look at the lives ofthe stupendously rich and you will sec that they often have to pay a high price for the privilege. Money can equal happiness but, as you will find from the stories of people in this book, it often seems to attract chaos and disaster. There are those who can't handle it, those who lose it and those who think it can buy everything. Great wealth is enjoyed most by those who had to create something to get it. Problems start when the riches filter down to heirs who find their lives unmotivated. Some even want to give their money away.Yes, with their diamonds and furs, their yachts and mansions, their private jets and limousines, the rich are different, as American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald oncc said. But perhaps after reading this book you'll ask 'Who want's to be a Millionaire?'