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		pavel on Jan 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 47% of the world’s wealthy people are entrepreneur... I would guess hard work and working up the corporate ladder to some executive position at some big company. Or someone working in finance and putting on risky trades which yield in massive bonuses.

Periodic on Jan 27, 2011 [–]

If 1 million people take a large risk, which has a 5% chance of making them a millionaire, then we'll end up with 50,000 millionaires.

What is really interesting is what they did differently, if anything.

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