Who Wants to be a Billionaire? is the story of James Packer's desperate battle to win his father's love and respect. It is also a tale of billion-dollar bets gone disastrously wrong. But above all it is a portrait of a troubled relationship between a dominant father and dutiful son. In this powerful sequel to his bestselling The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer, Paul Barry shows how James's father kept his grip on the empire even as he lay close to death. And he reveals what drives his heir. As a child James was derided by Kerry as too soft, too close to his mother, or simply 'a loser'. Since then he has struggled to make his father proud - in the only way the Packers know - by making money. Having seen Kerry lose hundreds of millions in the world's casinos, James chose to bet billions of dollars on buying them instead. Then came the global financial crisis and he almost lost the lot. As markets hit rock bottom in early 2009, Australia's richest man was $4 billion poorer and no longer on top of the heap. He was smoking again, putting on weight and shutting himself off from friends. Years earlier, far smaller losses in One. Tel had pushed him to the brink of a nervous breakdown and made him seek salvation in Scientology. Can James survive this time? Will he bounce back? Or was his father right?

A compact text providing a step-by-step formula to become a self-made millionaire, based on the success secrets used by other millionaires. Includes 21 strategies and ideas for moving ahead in finance and in life, showing how to get organized and make plans for becoming wealthy.

The best fast food for your brain and your future life The best advice, the best lessons, the best methods given and illustrated by the best examples of success that you can know. All pre-machined and simplified to the possible for "even you who hates to read" you can get there. To get to what? Becoming a billionaire of course! Look big and say that you exist at the easiest time to get there. Become a blank page and start from scratch by opening this book. You have just made the first good decision for the rest of your life. See you on volume 3 which will focus on the culminating way of generating cash "On the way to the billions" and the advice of those who have already accomplished this feat. Trésor (not a Fake Guru, just a poor son on the way to the billions for longer than you )