Sean Parker (better known as the guy Justin Timberlake played in film The Social Network!) was profiled on the cover of Forbes recently. Despite looking like a jacka$$ in the film, the real Parker is a serial entrepreneur with immense accomplishments. Really interesting article, and the guy is only 31 years old. Article located HERE.
Interesting Interview on Parker below, where he describes his rise:
Biography’s profile of Tyler Perry. The title pretty much says it all. In my opinion this is one of the best videos Biography has done simply because Perry’s perseverance is so astounding. He had to deal with a physically abusive father and later became broke, living in his car (Just like Robert Kiyosaki). All this [...]
With the film The Social Network being released recently, everyone has heard of Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, the youngest billionaire in the world. However, some may not yet have heard of Yoshikazu Tanaka, the second wealthiest billionaire in the world under the age of 35. Yoshikazu is the only self made billionaire in Asia, of [...]
The recent stock market rally (in conjunction with rising oil prices) has many people expecting a correction. I’m a fan of value investing and purchasing undervalued stocks so it was refreshing to see this article in Barron’s titled “The Market’s Pullback Watch”, and to quote the article “does the market ever oblige the group that [...]
His name may not sound familiar but the brands he owns are internationally known. Pinault is the majority shareholder of luxury goods group, PPR, which owns brands like Gucci, Samsonite, Converse and many popular French brands. Having dropped out of high school, Francois’s rise to wealth is most astounding. His rise was a mix of [...]
“Be Greedy when others are Fearful” -Warren Buffett- To anyone interested in taking advantage of the AA+ rating by purchasing undervalued stocks, which are plummeting due to the emotional sell off caused by the downgrade, I have listed a few stocks I believe are worth purchasing and why I believe so. WELLS FARGO BANK (WFC) [...]
Anyone who has spent a few minutes sitting in one of those massage chairs located in Brookstone can appreciate the struggle Singaporean entrepreneur Ron Sim took building his company OSIM International. OSIM is one of the largest producers of luxury massage chairs in the world with past sales of over a billion annually (his net [...]
The long waited Berkshire Hathaway portfolio is out. Berkshire filed documents on Tuesday with the SEC revealing some of his new positions. Buffett is taking a bigger stake in Wells Fargo and selling shares of J&J and Kraft. Buffett also took new positions in DVA, LMCA and added to IBM. Anything Buffett purchases or reups [...]
