millionaires

Left on a doorstep after his illegal au pair mother exacts a brutal revenge on his father, Edward is raised by an adoring family and grows up to become a famous billionaire Internet tycoon who hurtles toward a fate that he is powerless to control.

A biography of nineteenth century American millionaire Hetty Green, discussing her childhood in a Quaker family in Massachusetts, and her successful career as an investor and financier in New York.

Relates the stories of fifty Americans living in twenty affluent neighborhoods, focusing on how they became wealthy and how their wealth has affected their lives.

Through interviews, surveys, and data compilation this book discusses how many people accumulate and retain their wealth without others realizing it.

Examines the life and career of the business tycoon and oilman who dominated one of the largest business empires ever built by a single man and died owning close to one billion dollars.

Describes the life and accomplishments of Madam C. J. Walker, detailing how she created a hair care empire and helped African-Americans in the early twentieth century with her line of beauty and hair products.

"Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society"--Provided by OCLC.

A biography of John D. Rockefeller, the world's first billionaire, discussing his rise from humble origins to become owner of the Standard Oil Company, and looking at his business tactics, as well as his philanthropic activities.