This is a very interesting read if you have an interest in billionaires.
The moment is overdue for us to become moral and worthy ancestors.
In 2007 the company I cofounded, the Blackstone Group, held a most successful public offering. I found myself, at 81, an instant billionaire. I wish I could've called my father, a Greek immigrant who had spent most of his life running a 24-hour diner in Kearney, Neb. The news might have pleased him as much as my being the first Greek cabinet officer, which he never hesitated to tell perfect strangers. In the 1930s, when I was growing up, there was all this talk about millionaires like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. Now I was a millionaire 1,000 times over.
Read the rest of the Pete Peterson article at Newsweek.
pls i need to make money, capital is all i need
Posted by: kanu | June 09, 2009 at 01:19 AM