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All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes
Published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Forbes 400, All the Money in the World, the work of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list to paint a vivid and revealing portrait of the wealthiest Americans of the past quarter century. Abundantly anecdotal, with insights gleaned from original research, interviews wi...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
September 4th 2007
by Knopf
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While the book had a number interesting histories of businesses and their founders, it read like a series of cobbled-together Forbes articles (which I imagine is all the book is). People named in the book were introduced every time they were mentioned as though the authors had no confidence that we would remember who they were talking about from page to page. Also, every time a name was mentioned, it was followed by a year and a net worth (in this fashion: Bill Gates, 2006 net worth $62 billion,...more
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2008- An interesting overview of past and present Forbes 400 members. I thought the first and third parts were the most intriguing. One small gripe- found a few spelling errors, which always makes me wonder how accurate all the other facts and figures in the book were.
I thought the book would be full of dramatic stories of people going on lavish spending sprees, but this was really not the purpose of the book. The authors approach this book as more of analytical review of the Forbes 400 than anything else.
What a good book. Well written and easy to follow. Gives good insight into the many capitalists who are running the US. I would recommend this to anyone interested in entrepreneurship and the modern day wealthy.
Lot's of research and important info on the history of the families.
This book was very informative about the lives of some of the Forbes 400's most well-known members throughout the years. At times the pages of the book were overwhelmed with data from many different angles which made it annoying at times.
Overall a great read with many supporting facts and numbers.
Overall a great read with many supporting facts and numbers.
The author somehow managed to transform what should have been an interesting subject into a really boring book
I had higher hopes for this book, similar to how millionaire next door played out. Unfortunately, this was more of a US Weekly styled book trying to highlight the lives of individuals that graced the Forbes list. Unless you just need something to read, don't bother.
Interesting view on the wealthy. Behind the scenes of philanthropy and the family squabbles.
i loved this book.. very good book.. u should read it.. i enjoyed it very much
Not as interesting as the title might suggest. 70% of the book was semi-organized stories about how rich people made their money. The rest were brief and random anecdotes of family squabbles, charitable giving, and political contributions. I'm kind of glad to be done with it.
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Annalyn Swan has been a writer at Time and an award-winning music critic and senior arts editor at Newsweek. She has written for The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, and New York Magazine. She lives in New York City.
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