An Economist Best Book of the Year "Making Money and Keeping It" – The Wall Street Journal Over the past century, if the wealthiest families had spent a reasonable fraction of their wealth, paid taxes, invested in the stock market, and passed their wealth down to the next generation, there would be tens of thousands of billionaire heirs to generations-old fortunes today. The puzzle of The Missing Billionaires is why you cannot find one such billionaire on any current rich list. There are a number of explanations, but this book is focused on one mistake which is of profound importance to all investors: poor risk decisions, both in investing and spending. Many of these families didn’t choose bad investments– they sized them incorrectly– and allowed their spending decisions to amplify this mistake. The Missing Billionaires book offers a simple yet powerful framework for making important lifetime financial decisions in a systematic and rational way. It's for readers with a baseline level of financial literacy, but doesn’t require a PhD. It fills the gap between personal finance books and the academic literature, bringing the valuable insights of academic finance to non-specialists. Part One builds the theory of optimal investment sizing from first principles, starting with betting on biased coins. Part Two covers lifetime financial decision-making, with emphasis on the integration of investment, saving and spending decisions. Part Three covers practical implementation details, including how to calibrate your personal level of risk-aversion, and how to estimate the expected return and risk on a broad spectrum of investments. The book is packed with case studies and anecdotes, including one about Victor’s investment with LTCM as a partner, and a bonus chapter on Liar’s Poker. The authors draw extensively on their own experiences as principals of Elm Wealth, a multi-billion-dollar wealth management practice, and prior to that on their years as arbitrage traders– Victor at Salomon Brothers and LTCM, and James at Nationsbank/CRT and Citadel. Whether you are young and building wealth, an entrepreneur invested heavily in your own business, or at a stage where your primary focus is investing and spending, The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions is your must-have resource for thoughtful financial decision-making.

Jarryd Westbourne is shocked to have inherited a billion-dollar fortune from the mother who'd given him up for adoption. Unfortunately, business complications force him to keep it a secret from everyone for a period of time, even from Marilyn Grant, the woman he's crazy about. When his birth mother's husband suddenly challenges the will and accuses him of foul play, he ends his relationship with Marilyn to protect her from any scandal. But can he ever win Marilyn back if she discovers what he's been hiding from her? --Back cover.

When Harper's sister goes missing, she approaches an old flame for help--wondering if she might still harbor feelings for him--but finds herself falling for his twin brother instead.

A look into the covert influence billionaires wield in American politics and the actions citizens can take to hold them more accountable. In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to “drain the swamp.” But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to high-level positions and pursued billionaire-friendly policies, such as cutting corporate income taxes. Why the change from his fiery campaign rhetoric and promises to the working class? This should not be surprising, argue Benjamin I. Page, Jason Seawright, and Matthew J. Lacombe: As the gap between the wealthiest and the rest of us has widened, the few who hold one billion dollars or more in net worth have begun to play a more and more active part in politics—with serious consequences for democracy in the United States. Page, Seawright, and Lacombe argue that while political contributions offer a window onto billionaires’ influence, especially on economic policy, they do not present a full picture of policy preferences and political actions. That is because on some of the most important issues, including taxation, immigration, and Social Security, billionaires have chosen to engage in “stealth politics.” They try hard to influence public policy, making large contributions to political parties and policy-focused causes, leading policy-advocacy organizations, holding political fundraisers, and bundling others’ contributions—all while rarely talking about public policy to the media. This means that their influence is not only unequal but also largely unaccountable to and unchallengeable by the American people. Stealth politics makes it difficult for ordinary citizens to know what billionaires are doing or mobilize against it. The book closes with remedies citizens can pursue if they wish to make wealthy Americans more politically accountable, such as public financing of political campaigns and easier voting procedures, and notes the broader types of reforms, such as a more progressive income tax system, that would be needed to increase political equality and reinvigorate majoritarian democracy in the United States. Praise for Billionaires and Stealth Politics “Incredibly important. The authors provide—for the first time—a clear sense of the politics and political activity of the top one hundred billionaires in America, matching what billionaires have said with what they’ve done and showing the troubling transparency gap that is critical to the evolution of policy. Billionaires and Stealth Politics is a key addition to understanding our current political reality, focused on it most significant lever.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of America, Compromised “The wealth held by American billionaires exceeds the Gross Domestic Product of dozens of countries. They exercise tremendous influence over society, the economy, and politics. Yet their impact is not well-understood. Page, Seawright, and Lacombe have given us a compelling and original piece of work on an important topic.” —Darrell M. West, Brookings Institution

“Meticulously researched …compels us to confront the current-day legacy of these Nazi ties.” —Wall Street Journal A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II—and how America allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Günther Quandt—patriarch of Germany’s most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW—was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his archrival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz, and still control Porsche, Volkswagen, and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight—until now. In this landmark work of investigative journalism, David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany’s wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of previously untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave laborers, and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler’s army as Europe burned around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how America’s political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.

Billionaires are extremely rare, and their mindset differs hugely from ordinary millionaires. The author worked with some of the very best entrepreneurs and distilled their secrets into 20 principles that enabled them to start from zero and create billions in value. This book gives you the roadmap to follow their path to extreme wealth and success.

Conall Beaumont, CEO and COO of B3 Motors, was just about to propose to the woman of his dreams when it all went south. Turns out, the lady had a habit of killing her husbands, so Conall will have to look elsewhere if he wants to find a wife. It just so happens that the stunningly beautiful woman who witnessed his humiliation is the daughter of the lawyer who’s executing his grandfather’s will—a will Conall would do just about anything to get his hands on in order to save his company and the livelihoods of the people who work for him. If putting his hands on a beautiful woman will get him closer to that goal, then he’s game. Besides, there’s something about Bernadette Rowland that has him thinking she could be more than just a pawn in his grandfather’s game. Bernadette wasn’t looking for a man, but when Conall inserted himself into her life, she didn’t put up much of a struggle. He’s sexy and smart and seems genuinely interested in her work as a wolf researcher. Bernadette can’t resist his charm and before long, she’s swept up into a world far away from the isolation and loneliness of the Montana wilderness. But just when she thinks she’s found someone who could be her mate for life, she discovers the real reason he’s been piling on the charm, and their perfect romance crumbles. Can two people who are worlds apart find happiness together or are they each destined for life as a lone wolf?

When the secrets of the past won't stay buried... Once the heartthrob of London's elite, gorgeous Nicolo Chatsfield now lives alone in his family's crumbling estate. No one dares reach out to his tormented soul.... Until a glimmer of hope enters Nicolo's lonely world, bringing light to the shadows.... Sophie Ashdown knows about painful pasts and has no intention of redeeming Nicolo--she just needs him to attend the Chatsfield shareholders' meeting! But she's not prepared for this darkly compelling Chatsfield, and soon Sophie is under Nicolo's spell, easing his pain in the most pleasurable way! Welcome to Chatsfield House! Collect all 8 titles in The Chatsfield miniseries: Sheikh's Scandal, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Lucy Monroe Playboy's Lesson, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Melaine Milburne Socialite's Gamble, by Michelle Conder Billionaire's Secret, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Chantelle Shaw Tycoon's Temptation, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Trish Morey Rival's Challenge, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Abby Green Rebel's Bargain, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Annie West Heiress's Defiance, by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Lynn Raye Harris

【“Be with me, I'll give you everything in the world!” She replied:"All I want is my son’s full custody!”】 She had to become an unknown billionaire’s surrogate. One sleepless night, one endless torturer, and in two months she was pregnant with the unknown man’s child. She became a surrogate to save her brother’s life. But the day she gave birth to the son, she lost her brother. She was hopeless and broken. The man whom she gave birth to his son threatened her. He was heartless and brutal. She was forced to leave her past life and start a new life. But no one knew what exactly happened and who was behind all the crimes! Will Ryan and Julianna be able to find the truth behind every pain and lie that they went through? Or, Will they hate each other forever because of the mistaken past?

A collection of 4 steamy contemporary romance stories with guarantee HEA. Curating a Billionaire - Billionaire Threesome MFM Romance Amos and Nick have been rival businessmen in foreign trade for years, stopping at no costs to attempt to thwart the other’s success. Recently the market has been pushing art around the world, and when both fall for the same small-town curator, it is obvious that their feud has come to a head. Carly has no idea what she’s getting into when two of the richest men in the country stop by in the same week to place offers on the same piece of priceless art. Having just come out of a serious and mildly abusive relationship, Carly sees the opportunity to toy with these rich men and at first takes no shame in her beyond-flirtatious behavior with them. However, when both men return claiming to want more than the art, she realizes that she signed up for more than she bargained. Three of a Kind Desires - Casino Billionaire Menage MFM Romance Sexy Laura Ranger worked as a waitress in Las Vegas. She had moved there for the excitement. Of course when the real excitement came, she was not sure what to do about it. She suddenly found herself in the center of an international theft, but she hadn’t done anything! Her life became even more complicated when a billionaire airline owner and his constant companion fell for her. It was even more complicated when she fell for them! It was a love triangle they did not show on television dramas. How was she supposed to deal with being attracted to not one, but two handsome men who were both attracted to her? Once the truth of what had been stolen and how she was involved became clear, she had to worry about surviving the night, never mind her wild fantasy life. Some days Laura’s Three of a Kind Desires got the better of her. Dating with a Billionaire - Bad Boy Billionaire Romance It all started with a date… Enrico and Bella only agreed to go out with one another because their fathers made them. They’re going into business with one another, so it’s more of a spying mission than anything else. But they quickly realize that there’s something else there, that they actually like each other. But of course, things can’t be that straightforward. When the business deal starts going wrong, and deep, dark secrets are revealed, Enrico and Bella find themselves with more challenges than most couples face in their entire lifetime. Can they overcome their problems, or will the rest of the world tear them apart? Can they really make a go of things, or would they have been better off leaving things at the date? Her Twin Billionaires - Billionaire Menage Romance If Sawyer Bay is the crown jewel of South Carolina, then the Nelson family owns it. The Nelson family has done well to build up a nice nest egg for the future generation of Nelsons. The non-identical twins, Andrew and Jacob, are will inherit the resort, but when their father contracts a deadly illness, it is up to their estranged childhood friend, Bailey, to step in and remind them of the bond they once shared. Can Bailey find a way to unite the twins, or will her sudden reappearance be the wedge that further drives them apart?