Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the world’s most well-known investors, with a net worth north of $145 billion. Image Credit: Eric Francis | Getty Images. Warren Buffett. However, like all successful investors, Buffett had to start somewhere. In his biography The Snowball: Warren Buffett and...
There are more than five million millionaires in the U.S. Where do most of them live? If your mind goes to major metropolises like New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago or Houston, you’re on the right track: All of the above boast high numbers of millionaire households. However, wealth can be measured in different ways,...
Former NFL linebacker Brandon Copeland saw his mother stick to a tight budget while raising him and his brother. She could afford to put them in sports and “make magic happen on Christmas” by sacrificing other small luxuries: candy in the checkout aisle or a soda from McDonald’s. One day, I want to have money,...
Like many first-generation Americans and college students, Giovanna Gonzalez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants who came to California in the 1990s, thought she’d “done everything right” by attending college, choosing a practical degree in economics and settling into an office job. She was earning more money than her parents ever had, but without any of...