I have an interest in mergers & acquisitions, investing, real estate. More buying, improving and growing vs starting. I
have been looking into the stories of how these guys go from ZERO-10 figures. A quick look at Forbes and you will see a huge number of fortunes derived from "Investments" and "Diversified"
Taveta Investments was started with a 20000£ loan by Phillip Greene, he started selling jeans and eventually ended up buying retail chains like Topman and Selfridges under Taveta Investments giving him a 10 figure net worth.
Icahn Enterprises was started by Icahn when he was a trader and he took controlling positions in companies and made money off each deal. Giving him a 11 figure net worth.
Berkshire Hathaway a textile company was bought by Warren Buffett when he was 32 and he later expanded into the insurance industry and eventually ended up as the richest man in the world at one stage in time.
Cheung Kong Industries was started by Li Ka Shing after he left school an started working in a plastics trading company he expanded into real estate and is now Asia's richest man.
Millhouse LLC was started by Roman Abramovich after he set up a company making dolls. Within a few years his wealth spread from oil conglomerates to pig farms and he also started investing in other businesses. His wealth peaked at about $20B and now sits at $9B.
Virgin Group was started by Richard Branson at 20 years old with a mail order business and expanding into finance, travel and entertainment. Richard's net worth is also in the 10 figures.
Grey Enterprises Holdings (Fictional from 50 Shades) was created from a 100k loan used to buy Christian Grey's first business. Eventually giving the fictional 20 something billionaire status.
These are just famous examples I am sure that there are other examples of less known individuals who made 7,8,9 figure sums through similar M&A deals.
Can buying assets and growing them be easier than creating and developing an idea from scratch ? To rise to the top would require great delegation and a talent for raising money. It won't make you 20m in 2 years like some tech idea or innovative product but its a viable option to the creatively challenged.
In Dan Pena's book "Your First 100 Million" he says its easier to buy revenue than create it.
Would love to here thoughts on this, I know many here do this kind of business except with real estate instead of businesses.
I am seriously considering going down this life path at 21 after slaving the past 2 years amassing a 5 figures in cash.
have been looking into the stories of how these guys go from ZERO-10 figures. A quick look at Forbes and you will see a huge number of fortunes derived from "Investments" and "Diversified"
Taveta Investments was started with a 20000£ loan by Phillip Greene, he started selling jeans and eventually ended up buying retail chains like Topman and Selfridges under Taveta Investments giving him a 10 figure net worth.
Icahn Enterprises was started by Icahn when he was a trader and he took controlling positions in companies and made money off each deal. Giving him a 11 figure net worth.
Berkshire Hathaway a textile company was bought by Warren Buffett when he was 32 and he later expanded into the insurance industry and eventually ended up as the richest man in the world at one stage in time.
Cheung Kong Industries was started by Li Ka Shing after he left school an started working in a plastics trading company he expanded into real estate and is now Asia's richest man.
Millhouse LLC was started by Roman Abramovich after he set up a company making dolls. Within a few years his wealth spread from oil conglomerates to pig farms and he also started investing in other businesses. His wealth peaked at about $20B and now sits at $9B.
Virgin Group was started by Richard Branson at 20 years old with a mail order business and expanding into finance, travel and entertainment. Richard's net worth is also in the 10 figures.
Grey Enterprises Holdings (Fictional from 50 Shades) was created from a 100k loan used to buy Christian Grey's first business. Eventually giving the fictional 20 something billionaire status.
These are just famous examples I am sure that there are other examples of less known individuals who made 7,8,9 figure sums through similar M&A deals.
Can buying assets and growing them be easier than creating and developing an idea from scratch ? To rise to the top would require great delegation and a talent for raising money. It won't make you 20m in 2 years like some tech idea or innovative product but its a viable option to the creatively challenged.
In Dan Pena's book "Your First 100 Million" he says its easier to buy revenue than create it.
Would love to here thoughts on this, I know many here do this kind of business except with real estate instead of businesses.
I am seriously considering going down this life path at 21 after slaving the past 2 years amassing a 5 figures in cash.
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