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Who are the millionaires mentioned in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”?
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1
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Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3
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Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7
In the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill lists 47 self-made millionaires from whom he has received valuable assistance either in person or by studying the life-work of. These men, many of them with only elementary formal education, used the principles of success as described in “The Law of attraction in 16 Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich” to gain their vast fortunes.
Henry Ford, 1919
HENRY FORD (* July 30, 1863 in Wayne County, Michigan; † April 7, 1947 in Dearborn, Michigan) was an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company. As a pioneer of mass production he advanced the assembly line technique. His Model T (Tin Lizzy) automobile sold 15 million units and made Henry Ford one of the richest men in the world.
Napoleon Hill mentions Henry Ford several times throughout “Think and Grow Rich” and, among other things, tells the story of Ford’s V-8 motor.
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
Henry Ford
William Wrigley Jr.
WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR. (* September 30, 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † January 26,1932 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American chewing gum industrialist (Juicy Fruit, Spearmint etc.) and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Starting out with the production of soap and baking powder, the William Wrigley Jr. Company currently operates 14 gum factories in more than 180 countries.
Wrigley is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich” only.
“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.”
William Wrigley Jr.
John Wanamaker, 1915
JOHN WANAMAKER (*July 11, 1838 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † December 12, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American merchant, politician and is considered to be the father of modern advertising. He cared for his employees as he gave them free medical care, education programs, opportunities of profit-sharing and pensions. He also was a co-founder of the Christian Commission to aid wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War.
In “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill writes about John Wanamaker: “John Wanamaker once told me that what little schooling he had, he acquired in very much the same manner as a modern locomotive takes on water, by “scooping it up as it runs.” ”
“Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher.”
John Wanamaker
James J. Hill, 1873
JAMES JEROME HILL (*September 16, 1838 in Eramosa Township, Wellington County, Upper Canada (now Ontario); † May 29, 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota) was a Canadian-American railroad builder and driving force in planning, construction and managing the Great Northern Railway. He was also known as “The Empire Builder” or “The Empire Builder of the Northwest”
Napoleon Hill writes about James J. Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”: “James J. Hill met with temporary defeat when he first endeavored to raise the necessary capital to build a railroad from the East to the West, but he, too turned defeat into victory through new plans.
“Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.”
James J. Hill
George Safford Parker
GEORGE SAFFORD PARKER (*November 1, 1863 in Shullsburg, Wisconsin; † July 19, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American teacher, salesman and inventor. He was founder of the Parker Pen Company. George S. Parker was a sales representative for John-Holland fountain pens. The unreliability of their ink flow made him construct a leakage preventing fountain pen. George S. Parker was issued a patent for his invention on June 30, 1891. By 1908, his pen factory had become the largest pen manufacturing facility in the world.
George S. Parker is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the list of wealthy men in the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich” only.
“Our pens will write in any language.”
George Safford Parker
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6
Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7
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