Ken Fisher in/on The Ten Roads to Riches: (via the aleph blog)
1) Build a significant business.
2) Manage a significant business.
3) Be the right hand man of a wealthy person.
4) Be a star athlete, entertainer, or one who significantly facilitates star athletes and entertainers.
5) Marry a wealthy person.
6) Be a lawyer that helps clients sue for major amounts of money on a contingency fee basis.
7) Manage a lot of Other People’s Money.
8) Be an inventor of something popular, a popular writer, a prominent politician, or invent an organization that a lot of people want to give money to.
9) Borrow a lot of money and speculate on property appreciation.
10) Work hard, save a lot, and invest wisely.
Though I suppose ‘wealthy’ here means ‘rich’, not ‘wealthy’.
