Comments on: Forbes Forgot A Key Ingredient For Becoming A Billionaire

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:19:21 +0000

Heh, if only I had known back in the womb the true key to financial freedom was to inherit my wealth, I could have been born to different parents! Although, would I still be me, then, I wonder… Interesting article, and thanks for the laughs!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:31:37 +0000

Very true – Bernie Madoff did a number on many! In fact, feel free to read “Does Bernie Madoff Win In The End?” http://www.financialsamurai.com/2009/08/27/does-bernie-madoff-win-in-the-end/

By: Matt @ Self Improvement Resources

Matt @ Self Improvement Resources — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:25:54 +0000

I propose a 7th ingredient. You know, you can become rich by stealing and scamming people also!

But, I don’t know if they wanted that type of thing in the article. Suspicion may arise. :)

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:57:07 +0000

Jane – It is pretty random the September one. However, maybe it’s because they have motivated rich parents who only decide to get busy in December during the holidays b/c they can afford to do so? I donno..

By: SeeJaneGetRich.com

SeeJaneGetRich.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:43 +0000

Interesting observation. I can’t understand why most of these folks were born in September. That seems completely random to me.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:33:24 +0000

My wife has 3 of the 5 mentioned, I’ve gotta show her this and remind her that she was born to succeed ;)

Should I drop out of college now I wonder, with 3 more courses to go? I think I’ll stick it out.

By: John DeFlumeri Jr

John DeFlumeri Jr — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:47:15 +0000

Pick your parents, it’s the right thing to do!

Nice article, with an accurate observation!

By: TraderBots

TraderBots — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:17:08 +0000

Haha. Cute article. I hope readers read it for fun, and not advice.

It seems similar to books that do a survey or study of what it takes to be the millionaire next door. They look for common traits, and guess that those are the factors.

However, I think it suffers from the survivor’s bias. We are left in the dark about the countless people who dropped out of college . . . and are not millionaires . . . much less billionaires.

Cute read though. Started reading your blog recently. Enjoyable.

http://www.traderbots.com

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:27:27 +0000

Cool story! I guess it’s really good to know what a lot of billionaires and CEOs look like in addition to knowing their names. I probably would have sat next to him and not known who he was unless he had his business card sitting out on his tray table. that’s neat you were able to have an interesting conversation with him and then get a surprise souvenir later. cool!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:14:44 +0000

Hey Gen Y – You’re right, I was just poking fun of Steve. This is just a weekend fun piece I wrote when the Forbes article just came out, and I forgot it was in the que. The que is getting loooong, and I think at least one other blog highlighted this article, so I had better get it out.

Steve was pretty nice, and he was traveling with his Forbes Asia editor. I’ve got to go find his business card. It was fun digging up the tie in my closet. After all these years, it was just sitting there, in its white box and gold string ribbon.

By: Gen Y Investor

Gen Y Investor — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:58:47 +0000

That’s a really good point about inheriting your billions. Although the majority of people on the Forbes’s 400 list are self made (ie: Buffett, Gates) There are a good deal of them that have inherited their fortunes like the Waltons. BTW, it’s pretty cool you got to meet Steve Forbes