The richest people in the world usually exist in a world quite distant from the everyday reality. They lead lives that are characterized by opulent luxuries, power struggles behind the scenes, and social overlordship beyond the superficial. Although elites such as these may seem out of reach, numerous writers have exposed their secret lives, financial transactions, and ethical concerns. The following are eight fantastic books that reveal an inside look at the elite world of the super-rich.
1. The Price of Admission by Daniel Golden
This expose exposes the ultra-rich’s influence on elite colleges, showing admissions scandals, nepotism, and legacy benefits that maintain multi-generational privilege.
2. Billionaire Boys Club by Rich Cohen
A gripping true crime story of young money managers pursuing wealth and status, resulting in scandal, dishonesty, and killing as they fight to make their fortunes.
3. The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
Live-in-the-moment report of excess, corruption, and decadence, detailing the rise and fall of Belfort on Wall Street on the back of greed-driven wild parties, fraud, and money laundering.
4. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Irreverent but telling expose of Asia’s ultra-rich world, where tradition governs relationships, cash is king, and never enough is never sufficient.
5. House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden
Busting wide open the family drama of the fashion dynasty, this book whisks us behind the scenes of backstabbing, Machiavellian power struggles, and a horrific murder that rocked one of the world’s most high-end brands.
6. Kochland by Christopher Leonard
In-depth investigative reporting on the way the Kochs built an empire, shaping business, politics, and industry but keeping well out of the public limelight.
7. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
With age-old money fables, the book reveals money-secrets, sneaking a peek into how the rich make and keep their money.
8. Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
A blockbuster expose of the Sackler family pharmaceutical dynasty that lays bare money-motivated morality, dirty tricks, and the root causes of the opioid epidemic.
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