18-01-02 Ways to Become a Billionaire

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1. Finance [Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, James Simons]

1. Create a Hedge Fund
2. Create a Mutual Fund
3. Value Investing
4. Cryptocurrency
5. Fashion & Retail [Jim Walton, Bernard Arnault, Amancio Ortega]
   1. Start a Company
6. Real Estate [Xu Jiayin, Li Ka-shing, Donald Bren]
   1. Owning & Investing
7. Tech [Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin]
   1. Start a Company
8. Manufacturing [Elon Musk, Pietro Ferrero, Forrest Mars, He Xingjian]
   1. Start a Company
9. Raw Materials / Energy [Mukesh Ambani, Leonid Mikhelson, Harold Hamm]
   1. Be an Oil czar
10. Health Care [Carl Cook, Thomas Frist, Zhong Huijuan]
    1. Start a Company
    2. Become CEO / Chairman / Own a company
11. Media and Entertainment [David Thomson, Sheldon Adelson, Vince McMahon]
    1. Become a sports star
    2. Create a Media Brand
    3. Become a world class singer / actor
    4. Own a sports team / league
    5. Own casinos
12. Politics [Vladimir Putin, Mohamed Suharto, Ferdinand Marcos, Ben Ali]
    1. Leverage political control
    2. Corruption

Other Resources

• The Origins of the Superrich: The Billionaire Characteristics Database
• It’s the Market: The Broad Based Rise in the Return to Top Talent Free

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