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All the Money in the World

How the Forbes 400 Make—and Spend—Their Fortunes

by Peter W. Bernstein
Annalyn Swan
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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 with Forbes 400 members, and never-before-compiled data, it shows how fortunes are made in various industries, and how, once made, they are saved, enhanced, and sometimes squandered.
From Wall Street to the West Coast, from blue-collar billionaires to blue-blood fortunes, ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD gives us the lowdown on, among other things: the all-time richest Americans, who made and lost the most money, the fields and industries that have produced the greatest wealth, the biggest risk takers, the most wasteful family feuds, and the most and least generous philanthropists.
Produced in collaboration with Forbes magazine, ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD is a vastly entertaining, behind-the-scenes look at today’s Big Rich, a subject of enduring fascination to all Americans.

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  • Release date

    September 4, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415942147
      • File size: 417619 KB
      • Duration: 14:30:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 3, 2007
      Two accomplished New York writers, Bernstein (coeditor of The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything) and Swan (coauthor of Pulitzer Prize-winning bio de Kooning) delve into the Forbes 400, that august group of rich folks ranked each year since 1982 by the business magazine of the same name. Not only businessmen and women, but sports stars, entertainment figures and wealthy heirs are profiled in fascinating detail, but the authors eschew the magazine's list format for a topical taxonomy that includes "blue collar billionaires," "West Coast money," "giving it away" and, naturally, "power and politics." Among dramatic stories of cutthroat competition, outrageous spending habits, skirmishes with the law and family feuds, intriguing observations abound, such as the admonishment that "as a rule, the Forbes 400 is not for the fainthearted," but those with the fearlessness and "winner-take-all outlook" to "turn convention on its head, or destroy an old business model in the interest of a greater good and larger profits." Sidebars cover tangential topics like trophy wives, palatial homes, the small Silicon Valley town (Woodside) that's the nation's sixth wealthiest, and blurbs from the original Forbes lists. Full of colorful characters and meticulous research, this book is inspired, insightful and lots of fun.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The rags-to-riches stories of America's wealthiest people, those on the "Forbes 400" list, are told in epic fashion by Rick Adamson. His voice has the quality of a movie voice-over, which keeps listeners engaged through the hundreds of anecdotes on millionaires and billionaires, bankruptcies of huge proportions, and listings of approximate net worth to the tune of billions of dollars. Listening to the biographies of the hundreds of people who have been on the "Forbes 400" since the list's inception is informative and often amusing. Adamson treats each vignette like an anecdote, told to a friend, with all the requisite pacing to build suspense. M.R. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Substance and impact are palpable in this fascinating audio about the life stories and financial strategies of America's richest people. Based on magazine and newspaper articles and many first-person interviews, it describes some of the most messianic, eccentric, and risk-taking people you'll ever hear about. Celebrity media and entertainment giants are part of the group, and their often grandiose approaches to making money will energize entrepreneurs everywhere. With his vocal clarity and deftly restrained enthusiasm, Rick Adamson was an excellent choice to deliver this entertaining business book. Along with the cogent abridgement of the text, his comfortable diction and obvious admiration for this material move the stories along smartly and make it hard to pause at any point. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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