Just a few links to articles about finances, money, and people who have made a great deal of it.
From the start of our life we are in someway always governed by our finances, money, filthy lucre, cash, dosh, or whatever you want to call it and some people are born with wealth, some are born poor and some come into wealth as they grow up as people earn, inherit or win money on the lottery.
Those that are born with a Silver Spoon in their mouth - the expression used to describe someone that would have been born into a wealthy family - usually manage to stay that way, educated in a private school system often somewhere like Eton and then go on to the top Universities such as Oxford or Cambridge.
From this upbringing they can forge relationships with the movers and shakers in industry and commerce and so are usually able to secure themselves good jobs to secure their finances for life.
This is not always the case and some, even with this privileged upbringing manage their life and finances so badly that they end up jobless and struggling to manage their lives.
So it is not always a good thing to be born rich but if most people had the chance to choose, they would always have chosen to have been born with money.
Alternatively, there are many examples of people making a great deal of money through a good idea ,Mr James Dyson, invented a new Vacuum Cleaner, and after a great deal of hard work became a millionaire many times over.
Someone we have all heard of, is Mr Bill Gates who invented Microsoft and has become one of the richest men in the world and with all his wealth his Mother and Father were not "Rich" as his Father was an attorney in Seattle was a school teacher. Bill Gates did not even go to university but joined with a friend, Paul Allen and together they formed Microsoft and through a lot of hard work, careful financial planning and a great number of court cases he has been able to amass a fortune that in 2006 was estimated to be $53 billion. More about Bill Gates and Microsoft can be found on Woopidoo
Harry Potter, this name conjures up thoughts of wizards and magical things and one thing of magic is the huge amount of finance the author J.K.Rowling has been able to amass with the publication of these wonderful books.
The seventh and final book in the series "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will go on sale on Saturday July 21st 2007 just after midnight and we can all be assured that J.K Rowling will again make a great deal of money to add to her already considerable fortune.
J.K.Rowlings story is well worth reading and there is a short bio written by her on the J.K.Rowling web site HERE and just demonstrates that you don't have to be born rich to amass a great deal of money, but a great idea, dedication, hard work and sometimes a little bit of luck can go a long way to create a great deal of wealth and J.K.Rowling spent a lot of time in relative poverty after graduating from college but what a fantastic success story, not withstanding the thousands of hours of pleasure she has given to millions of kids and adults.
There are many stories like the above and many people that have made a great deal of money through great ideas and good financial management and their lives can offer terrific inspiration to everyone who aspires to earn a living from their own endeavours.
Many Famous Entrepreneurs can be read about on the web and there are a lot of great inspiring stories ON THIS SITE .
Stories about Business and Finance, Lifestyle, Technology the music and the arts. Success of Men and Women alike in all walks of life and how to create fortunes.
The National Lottery has made over 2000 millionaires in the UK since it was first introduced and they have a team of people that can help the winners manage their new found wealth and fortune as it is often the case that the winners of these large amounts have trouble dealing with the sudden change in their lifestyle.
How people choose their tickets, and what they spend their new found wealth and finance on is all in a study on a site where the results of a Mori survey carried out with 2000 lottery winners are displayed.
It makes interesting reading so if you have five minutes go HERE