SELECTED QUOTED SOURCES

Abramovich, Roman, Russian petroleum investor and sportsman

Abu-Ghazaleh, Talal, Chairman and founder of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (intellectual property protection and accounting)

Adulyadej, Bhumibol, King of Thailand, (reputed to be worth $35 billion)

Aigner, Julie, Founder of Baby Einstein videos for children

Al Maktoum bin Rashid, Sheik Mohammad, Prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, and ruler of Dubai

Albrecht, Karl, German co-founder of Aldi discount supermarket chain and reputed to be the richest person in Germany

Alda, Alan, American film and stage actor

Aleichem, Sholom, Pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich, Russian author of Yiddish literature

Alexander, Scott, American author

Al-Fayed, Mohamed, Egyptian-British businessman, owner of Harrod’s department store

Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Prince, member of the Saudi Royal family, and entrepreneur and international investor

Allen, Woody, American film director, writer, actor, comedian, musician, and playwright

Ambani, Mukesh, Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries

Amis, Martin, Contemporary English novelist

Amos, Wally, Founder of Famous Amos Cookies

Anderson, John, President of Topa Equities

Anderson, Tom, Co-creator of MySpace

Annenberg, Walter, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat

Armani, Giorgio, Italian clothing designer

Arnault, Bernard, Chairman of Moët Hennesy Louis Vuiton

Ash, Mary Kay, Founder of the Mary Kay cosmetics line

Ash, Roy, Co-founder of Litton Industries

Astor, John, Jacob, American fur trading and real estate businessman, the first multi-millionaire in the United States (his fortune at his death was more than $100 billion in present-day dollars)

Astor, Nancy, First woman to serve in the British House of Commons

Austen, Jane, 18^th-century English novelist

Bacon, Sir Francis, 17^th-century English philospher, statesman, jurist, and author

Baldwin, Billy, Society decorator

Ballmer, Steve, CEO of Microsoft

Balzac, Honoré de, 19^th-century French novelist and playwright

Banks, Ernie, Chicago Cubs baseball player

Baraka, Amiri, African-American poet, playwright, activist

Barnum, Phineas, T., Founder of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Barr, Amelia, 19^th-century British-American novelist

Baruch, Bernard, 20^th-century American financier and presidential advisor

Bean, Leon, Leonwood, Founder of L. L. Bean

Beatles, The, British rock band

Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Lord, 20^th-century Canadian newspaper magnate

Belloc, Hilaire, 20^th-century French writer and historian

Beng, Kwek, Leng, Singapore venture capital investor

Berlusconi, Silvio, Media mogul and Prime Minister of Italy

Bevan, Aneurin, 20^th-century British politician

Bezos, Jeff, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com

Billings, Josh, 19^th-century American humorist

Black, Conrad, Canadian newspaper publisher

Blank, Arthur, Founder of Home Depot

Blixseth, Tim, Founder of Yellowstone Club resorts and golf courses

Bloomberg, Michael, American businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of New York City

Boesky, Ivan, American investor, notorious for his role in the “Wall Street insider trading scandal”

Bond, Alan, Australian businessman and sportsman

Bosch, Robert, German founder of automotive components company

Bourdet, Edouard, 20^th-century French playwright

Branson, Richard, British founder of Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines

Brin, Sergey, American founder of Google, Inc.

Broad, Eli, American financier, art collector, and philanthropist

Bronfman, Sr., Edgar, Canadian businessman and philanthropist

Brooks, David, American political and cultural journalist and commentator

Bryan, William, Jennings, 20^th-century American politician

Buffett, Warren, American investor, chairman of Berkshire-Hathaway, and #1 on the 2008 Forbes list of world’s wealthiest people

Burns, Charles, Montgomery “Monty,” TV cartoon character, Homer Simpon’s tightfisted boss

Burton, Sir Richard, 19^th-century English explorer and writer

Bushnell, Nolan, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s

Butler, Samuel, 19th-century British novelist

Butler, Geezer, English musician, bass player of Black Sabbath rock band

Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 19^th-century British poet

Canfield, Jack, American motivational speaker and co-creater of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series

Caplan, Mitchell, CEO of E*Trade Group, Inc.

Cardenas, Robert, retired U.S. Air Force general and business executive

Carnegie, Andrew, 19^th-century Scots-American steel industrialist and philanthropist

Case, Steve, CEO of America Online

Chanel, Coco, French fashion designer

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain

Charney, Dov, Founder of American Apparel

Chekhov, Anton, 19^th-century Russian author and playwright

Chesterton, G. K., 20^th-century English author and mystery novelist

Christie, Agatha, 20^th-century English crime writer

Chrysler, Walter, Founder of the Chrysler automobile empire

Clason, George, Soldier, businessman, and writer

Clitheroe, Paul, Australian financier and author, founder of ipac Securities

Clough, Arthur, Hugh, 19^th-century British poet

Cocks, Sir Barnett, 20^th-century British politician

Cohen, Ben, Co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company

Combs, Sean, “P. Diddy,” American rap music producer and entrepreneur

Conwell, Russell Herman, 19^th-century minister and educator, founder of Temple University

Cooley, Mason, American writer and aphorist

Cork, Kenneth, British lawyer

Craig, Jenny, Founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. weight-loss program

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 20^th-century Hungarian psychologist

Cuban, Mark, Founder of MicroSolutions and Landmark Theaters

Dali, Salvador, 20^th-century Spanish surrealist artist

Davis, Bette, 20^th-century American film actress

Davis, Marvin, American petroleum industrialist, investor, and philanthropist

de Vries, Peter, 20^th-century American editor and novelist

De Wolfe, Chris, Co-creator of MySpace social networking website

Dell, Michael, American businessman, founder of Dell, Inc. computers

DeLuca, Fred, Founder of Subway sandwich chain

Dennis, Felix, British magazine publisher

DeVos, Richard, M., Founder of Amway

Dickens, Charles, 19^th-century British novelist

Didion, Joan, 20^th-century American journalist and author

Diller, Barry, Television executive, creator of Fox Brodcasting and USA Broadcasting

Dirkson, Everett, 20^th-century American politician

Disney, Walt, Film producer, founder of Walt Disney Company

Disney, Roy, Senior executive of the Walt Disney Company

Drucker, Peter, Ameican author and management consultant

Dylan, Bob, American pop and folk musician

Dyson, James, Sir, British industrial designer, inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner

Eastman, George, 20^th-century American inventor, founder of the Eastman Kodak film company

Edison, Thomas, 19^th-century American inventor and businessman

Eikerenkootter, Frederick, “Reverend Ike,” 20^th-century American televangelist

Eisner, Michael, Former CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Elizabeth II, Current British monarch

Ellison, Larry, Co-founder and CEO of the Oracle Corporation

Emerson, Ralph, Waldo, 19^th-century American essayist and poet

Epictetus, 1^st-century B.C. Greek Stoic philosopher

Erdman, Paul, American economist

Ertegun, Ahmet, Turkish-American record producer, co-founder of Atlantic Records

Fielding, Henry, British novelist

Fields, W. C., American film and stage actor

Fields, Debbi, CEO of Mrs. Fields Cookies

Firestone, Harvey, S., Founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

Fitzgerald, F., Scott, 20^th-century American novelist

Forbes, Bertie Charles, Scots-American founder of Forbes magazine and publishing empire

Forbes, Malcolm, S., Former publisher of Forbes magazine

Ford, Henry, Founder of the Ford Motor Company

Ford, Edsel, Son of Henry Ford, president of Ford Motor Company 1919-1943

Franklin, Benjamin, Founding Father of the U.S., author, scientist, statesman

Friedland, Robert, Chairman and director of Ivanhoe Energy and Ivanhoe Mines

Galbraith, John, Kenneth, Canadian-American economist

Gallo, Ernest, Co-founder of E. & J. Gallo Winery

Gandhi, Mohandas, K., 20^th-century political and spiritual leader of India

Gates, William “Bill,” II, Founder of Microsoft

Geffen, David, Music, film, and theatrical producer

Geller, Uri, Author and psychic

Geneen, Harold, S., American businessman, former president of the ITT Corporation

Gerstner, Louis V., American businessman, former chairman of IBM

Getty, J., Paul, American industrialist, founder of Getty Oil

Getty, Gordon, Composer and son of J. Paul Getty

Giannini, A. P., Founder of Bank of America

Gillette, King, Inventor of the safety razor and founder of the company that bears his name

Goizueta, Roberto, Chairman, director, and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, 1980-1997

Goldsmith, Oliver, 18^th-century British poet and novelist

Googe, Barnabe, 16^th-century English poet

Gotti, John, 20^th-century Mafia crime boss

Gould, Jay, 19^th-century financier and railroad developer

Graham, Katharine, 20^th-century American newspaper publisher

Graves, Robert, 20^th-century British poet and essayist

Gray, Thomas, 18^th-century English poet and professor

Greely, Horace, 19^th-century newspaper editor, founder of the Liberal Republican Party

Green, Sir Philip, British retail stores magnate

Greenberg, Maurice, American insurance and investment executive, former CEO of A.I.G insurance empire

Greenspan, Alan, American economist and former chairman of the Federal Reserve

Hall, Joyce, Founder of Hallmark Greeting Cards

Hammer, Armand, American businessman and philanthropist

Harriman, Edward, H., 19^th-century railroad developer, president of the Union Pacific and South Pacific lines

Hayes, James, L., Educator and American Management Association president

Hearst, William, Randolph, 19^th-20^th century American newspaper publisher

Hefner, Christie, Former chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises

Hefner, Hugh, Founder of Playboy Enterprises

Heinlein, Robert, A., 20^th-century American science fiction author

Heinz, Henry J., German-American businessman, founder of the Heinz foodstuffs corporation

Henson, Jim, Founder of Henson Associates and creator of the Muppets

Hepburn, Katharine, 20^th-century American stage and film actress

Hershey, Milton, Founder of the Hershey chocolate empire

Hill, Napoleon, American author of Think and Grow Rich

Hilton, Conrad, Founder of Hilton Hotel chain

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr., 19^th-century American author and physician

Hook, Harold, American businessman, CEO of American General Corp.

Horace, 1^st-century B.C. Roman lyric poet

Howe, Edgar, Watson, American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor

Hughes, Howard, American industrialist, aviator, and motion picture director and producer

Huizenga, Wayne, Founder of Blockbuster Video, Waste Management, Inc., and AutoNation

Hunt, H. L., American petroleum entrepreneur

Hunt, Nelson, Bunker, Oil company executive

Hunt, Ray, Lee, Chairman of Hunt Oil company

Hurst, Fannie, 20^th-century American novelist

Icahn, Carl, American financier and private equity investor

Immelt, Jeffrey, American businessman, chairman of General Electric

Iococca, Lee, American businessman, former president and CEO of the Chrysler Corporation

Jacobs, Irwin, L., Chairman of Genmar boat builders

Jamail, Joseph, D., American attorney specializing in personal injury suits

James, Henry, 19^th-century American author

Jobs, Steve, American businessman, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.

Johnson, Robert, Co-founder of the Black Entertainment Television network

Johnson, Samuel, 18^th-century English author, poet, and critic

Johnson, Ervin, “Magic,” Basketball star and franchise entrepreneur

Johnson, Sheila, C., Co-founder of Black Entertainment Television

Johnson, John, Founder of Johnson Publishing Company and publisher of Ebony magazine

Jonson, Ben, 17^th-century English playwright

Ka-shing, Li, Hong Kong plastics industry mogul

Kaiser, Henry, J., American shipbuilder and automobile executive

Kamprad, Ingvar, Swedish founder of Ikea Home Furnishings chain

Kelleher, Herb, Founder of Southwest Airlines

Kellogg, W. K., Founder of the breakfast cereal empire

Kerkorian, Kirk, American investor with interests in real estate and the entertainment and automobile industries

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, Russian petroleum investor, Russia’s wealthiest person before being imprisoned for fraud

Kiam, Victor, American entrepreneur, former owner of Remington Products and the New England Patriots football team

Kiyosaki, Robert, American investor, businessman, and author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Kluge, John, Media mogul, whose holdings indlude Metromedia

Knight, Philip, Founder of Nike

Kravis, Henry, American financier and investor, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. private equity firm

Kroc, Ray, Founder of the McDonald’s fast-food empire

Laliberte, Guy, French impresario, creator of the Cirque du Soleil

Lauder, Ronald, American businessman, diplomat, and art collector

Lauder, Estee, Co-founder of Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

LeBoeuf, Michael, American business author

Lewis, Peter, CEO of Progressive Insurance Company

Lewis, Joseph, British investor, head of the Tavistock Group holding company

Lipper, Michael, A. Founder of Lipper, Inc., financial information service

Lucas, George, Founder of Lucasfilms

Luce, Henry, R., Founder of Time, Inc. publishing empire

Marlowe, Christopher, 16^th-century English poet

Marriott, J. Willard, Founder of the Marriott hotel chain

Marx, Karl, 19^th-century Russian political economist

Maugham, W., Somerset, 20^th-century British playwright and novelist

McFarlane, Todd, Comic books and toy entrepreneur, creator of Spawn fantasy series

McGovern, William, Founder of MCI communications corporation

McLuhan, Marshall, Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar

McNealy, Scott, CEO of Sun Microsystems

Mellon, Andrew, 20^th-century banker, industrialist, philanthropist, Secretary of the Treasury

Melville, Herman, 19^th-century American novelist

Millman, Dan, Author and motivational speaker

Mittal, Lakshmi, Indian industrialist, reputed to be India’s wealthiest person

Monaghan, Tom, Founder of Domino’s Pizza

Moore, Michael, American filmmaker

Moore, Gordon, Co-founder of Intel Computer chip empire

Morgan, J. P., 19^th-century American financier whose wealth made him the country’s most influential business figure

Morita, Akio, Japanese businessman, founder of Sony

Munger, Charles, Vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

Murdoch, Rupert, Australian media mogul, chairman of the News Corporation

Musk, Elon, Founder of PayPal and SpaceX

Newmark, Craig, Founder of Craigslist internet social and commercial network

Obama, Barack, The 44th and current president of the United States

Ogilvy, David, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather advertising agency

Omidyar, Pierre, Founder of eBay internet sales network

Onassis, Aristotle, 20^th-century Greek shipping magnate

O’Reilly, Bill, Political commentator

Orfalea, Paul, CEO of Kinko’s

Orman, Suze, Financial commentator and TV personality

Packard, Vance, 20^th-century American journalist and author of The Status Seekers

Page, Larry, Co-founder of Google

Pahlavi, Farah, Widow of the former Shah of Iran

Parker, Dorothy, 20^th-century American writer

Patterson, John, Henry, Founder of National Cash Register

Penny, James, Cash, Co-founder of JC Penney

Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II

Picasso, Pablo, 20^th-century Spanish painter

Pickens, T., Boone, American petroleum investor, chairman of BP Capital Management

Plutarch, 1^st-century Roman historian and biographer

Pope, Alexander, 18^th-century English poet and essayist

Popeil, Ron, American televsision infomercial star

Prada, Miuccia, Italian founder of Prada fashion empire

Pritchard, Michael, Bassist of punk rock band Green Day

Quant, Mary, British clothing designer

Racine, Jean, 17^th-century French playwright

Rancic, Bill, One of the winners on Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” television show

Ray, Rachel, American food and lifestyle television star

Reagan, Ronald, 40th president of the United States, governor of California, actor

Redstone, Sumner, American telecommunications magnate, head of National Amusements (includes CBS, Viacom, MTV)

Reinhardt, Gottfried, German film director and producer

Revson, Charles, Chairman of Revlon Cosmetics

Rockefeller, John, D., 19^th-century American petroleum entrepreneur and philanthropist

Rockefeller, Winthrop, Governor of Arkansas and philanthropist

Rockefeller, David, Former chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and philanthropist

Roddick, Anita, Founder of The Body Shop Cosmetics chain

Rogers, Will, 20^th-century Ameican comedian and actor

Rohn, Jim, American motivational speaker

Rose, Billy, 20^th-century American theatrical impresario

Rothschild, Mayer, Amschel, 18^th-century German founder of the House of Rothschild banking empire

Rothschild, Nathan, Meyer, 19^th-century British financier involved in the international Rothschild family banking emire

Rowling, J. K., British author of the Harry Potter series

Runyon, Damon, 20^th-century American author

Sabinci, Sakip, Turkish entrepreneur and investor

Salter, Mary, Jo, 20^th-century American poet

Sanders, Colonel, Harland, Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken

Sarnoff, Robert, W., former chairman of RCA Corporation

Schmidt, Eric, Chairman and CEO of Google Inc.

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 19^th-century German philosopher

Schrempp, Jurgen, German businessman, former CEO of DaimlerChrysler

Schultz, Howard, Founder of Starbucks coffee shop chain

Schulze, Richard, Founder of Best Buy appliance chain

Schwab, Charles, Founder of the world’s largest discount brokerage house

Schwartz, Gerald, W., Canadian co-founder of CanWest Global Communications Inc, and Onex Corporation

Sculley, John, Former president of Pepsico, then CEO of Apple

Shakespeare, William, 17^th-century English poet and playwright

Sharp, Issy, Founder of the Four Seasons hotel chain

Shaw, George, Bernard, 20^th-century Irish playwright and critic

Simmons, Russell, American hip-hop music producer

Simon, Norton, American industrial and investor and art patron

Sinegal, Jim, Founder of Costco

Sloan, P., Alfred, former head of General Motors

Smith, Frederick, W., Founder of Federal Express (FedEx)

Soros, George, American investor, founder of Soros Fund Management and philanthropist

Spielberg, Steven, American film director and producer

Stamp, Sir Josiah, 19^th-century director of the Bank of England

Stein, Gertrude, 20^th-century American writer

Steinbrenner, George, American shipping executive and owner of the New York Yankees

Stevens, Wallace, 20^th-century American poet

Stewart, Martha, American TV host, author, and magazine publisher of home decorating and entertaining publications

Stout, Rex, 20^th-century American crime writer

Sukhorukov, Leonid, S., Ukrainian author and commentator

Swid, Stephen, Chairman and CEO of SESAC

Syrus, Publius, 1^st-century B.C. Roman writer of maxims

Tajiri, Satoshi, Japanese video game designer, inventor of Pokemon

Taubman, Alfred, A., Former chairman of Sotheby’s auction gallery

Taylor, Jack, C., Founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Theognis, 6^th-century B.C. Greek poet

Theresa, Mother, Albanian nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India

Thomas, Dave, Founder of Wendy’s fast-food chain

Todd, Mike, 20^th-century American theater and film producer

Trollope, Anthony, 19^th-century British novelist

Trump, Donald, American real estate developer, TV personality and author

Trump, Ivanka, American businesswoman, fashion model, daughter of Donald Trump

Turner, Ted, American media entrepreneur and sportsman

Twain, Mark, 19^th-century American novelist

Updike, John, 20^th-century American novelist

van Stolk, Peter, Founder and CEO of Jones Soda

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, “Commodore,” 19^th-century American railroad and shipping magnate

Voltaire, François-Marie, 18^th-century French essayist and playwright

von Mises, Ludwig, 20^th-century Austrian economist

Waitt, Theodore, Co-founder of Gateway computers

Walker, Madam, C.J., 19^th-century American manufacturer of hair products for African-American women, reputedly the first female to become a millionaire solely through her own efforts

Walton, Sam, American businessman, founder of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club

Wang, Vera, American fashion designer

Ward, Artemus, 19^th-century American humorist

Warner, Jack, L., 20^th-century American motion picture producer

Watson, Thomas, Founder of International Business Machines (IBM)

Weil, Sanford, I., Former chairman of Citicorp

Welch, John, Former chairman of General Electric

Wharton, Edith, 19^th-century American novelist

Whitehorn, Katherine, 20^th-century British journalist and writer

Whitney, John, Hay, Publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, U.S. Ambassador to the UK

Willians, Tennessee, 20^th-century American playwright

Winfrey, Oprah, TV personality, host, and entrepreneur

Wonder, Stevie, American pop musician

Woolworth, F. W., Founder of Woolworth’s “5 & 10” chain of stores

Wynn, Steve, American casino resort developer

Yunus, Muhammad, Bangladesh banker and originator of micro-credit

Ziglar, Zig, Motivational speaker