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All the Presidents' Money
How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money
- 312 pages
- English
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About this book
A USA TODAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND LOS ANGELES TIME BESTSELLER
A journey through the personal money stories of the US presidents and how they built wealth—or didn’t.
Was Harry Truman really our poorest president or simply a man up at 2 a.m. struggling with financial anxiety? Did Calvin Coolidge get bad advice from his stockbroker to buy stocks in 1930 as the market continued to crash? Is it true George Washington enhanced his net worth by marrying up?
We often think of the US presidents as being above the fray. But the truth is, the presidents are just like us—worried about money, trying to keep a budget, and chasing the American financial dream. While some presidents like Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford became wildly successful with money, others like Thomas Jefferson and Joe Biden struggled to sustain their lifestyle. The ability to win the presidency is no guarantee of financial security, although today it’s a much easier path to monetize.
In All the Presidents’ Money, tax attorney and wealth manager Megan Gorman takes us on a journey to understand the different personal money stories of the presidents. Grit, education, and risk are just some of the different ways that the presidents over the last 250 years have made (or lost) money.
With lively storytelling and rigorous research, All the Presidents’ Money reveals how some of the greatest leaders are the worst money managers and our least favorite presidents are good at making money.
A journey through the personal money stories of the US presidents and how they built wealth—or didn’t.
Was Harry Truman really our poorest president or simply a man up at 2 a.m. struggling with financial anxiety? Did Calvin Coolidge get bad advice from his stockbroker to buy stocks in 1930 as the market continued to crash? Is it true George Washington enhanced his net worth by marrying up?
We often think of the US presidents as being above the fray. But the truth is, the presidents are just like us—worried about money, trying to keep a budget, and chasing the American financial dream. While some presidents like Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford became wildly successful with money, others like Thomas Jefferson and Joe Biden struggled to sustain their lifestyle. The ability to win the presidency is no guarantee of financial security, although today it’s a much easier path to monetize.
In All the Presidents’ Money, tax attorney and wealth manager Megan Gorman takes us on a journey to understand the different personal money stories of the presidents. Grit, education, and risk are just some of the different ways that the presidents over the last 250 years have made (or lost) money.
With lively storytelling and rigorous research, All the Presidents’ Money reveals how some of the greatest leaders are the worst money managers and our least favorite presidents are good at making money.
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Table of contents
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Presidents of the United States
- Introduction
- Part I: The Basic Building Blocks
- Chapter One: Thomas Jefferson Cordially Invites You to Dinner
- Chapter Two: Abraham Lincoln Would Like a Library Card Please
- Chapter Three: Herbert Hoover Saves the Stanford Football Team
- Chapter Four: Don’t Mess with Ike When It Comes to Poker
- Part II: Money and Meaning
- Chapter Five: Gerald Ford: Hate the Game, Not the Player
- Chapter Six: Calvin Coolidge Is Rather Thrifty
- Chapter Seven: FDR and Elvis Get the World All Shook Up
- Part III: The Wealth Builders
- Chapter Eight: Lady Bird Buys a Radio Station
- Chapter Nine: Meet George Washington—The Ultimate American Hustler
- Chapter Ten: Ulysses S. Grant and the Never-Ending Get-Rich Schemes
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author