Examining a list of the 75 richest people in the history of the world, Gladwell notes that “an astonishing 14 are Americans born within nine years of one another in the mid-19th century.”http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/11/17/the-outliers/
England's colonial shipping trade and railroads were also technologies that changed the economics of business, making fortunes in the process.
England's colonial shipping trade and railroads were also technologies that changed the economics of business, making fortunes in the process.