Book description
'Making money is a knack, a knack that can be acquired. And if
someone like me can become rich, then so can you - no matter what your
present circumstances. Here is how I did it and what I learned along
the way.' So writes Felix Dennis, who believes that almost anyone of
reasonable intelligence can become rich, given sufficient motivation
and application.
How To Get Rich is a distillation of his business wisdom.
Primarily concerned with the step-by-step creation of wealth, it
ruthlessly dissects the business failures and financial triumphs of 'a
South London lad who became rich virtually by accident'. Part manual,
part memoir, part primer, this book is a template for those who are
willing to stare down failure and transform their lives.
Canny, infuriating, cynical and generous by turns, How To Get
Rich is an invaluable guide to 'the surprisingly simple art of
collecting money which already has your name on it'.
Felix Dennis was imprisoned in 1971 as co-editor of
OZ
magazine. After his acquittal on appeal, he founded his own magazine
publishing company in 1973 and made millions with the sale of
Personal Computer World
and
MacUser
in the mid-eighties. Today, Dennis Publishing remains a privately owned
company with headquarters in London and New York City. Titles include
The Week
,
Auto Express
,
Computer Shopper
and
Maxim
. The annual Sunday Times Rich List estimates that Felix Dennis is the
65th richest individual in the UK. Following a life-threatening illness,
his first collection of poetry,
A Glass Half Full,
was published in 2002. Two further collections followed in 2004 and
2006,
Lone Wolf
and
When Jack Sued Jill
. His other interests include planting trees and he divides his time
between homes in Warwickshire, London, New York, Connecticut and the
Caribbean island of Mustique.
