Interviews by Richard C. Wilson

The Definitive Guide to Billionaires

Exclusive interviews with the people who built billion dollar companies, plus talks, calculators and infographics.

Exclusive Billionaire Interviews Billionaire Talks

billionaire interviews (more coming): 40+
billionaire talks indexed: ~600
years in the family office world: 19+
billionaires in the world: 3,428
billionaires in the United States: 989

Featured Billionaires

Long form conversations recorded by Richard C. Wilson. No summaries from a press release. Their story, their words.

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From the Billionaire Video Vault

What They Have in Common

We are mapping the patterns across every interview and talk. Each lesson links to the interview where it was said.

First business

“They say, “JP, what was the last job you had that you really loved?” And I said, “It was the day before I started Paul Mitchell,” because even though when I started Paul Mitchell I lived in my car, I ate from hand-to-mouth.”

John Paul DeJoria →

Raising capital

“We started that business with $1,700, raising no money or anything.”

Bobby Castro →

Building a team

“We believe that 90% of your problems are people problems, and 90% of your solutions come from people.”

Larry Connor →

Real estate

“Never sell cash-flowing real estate when you can borrow against it.”

Brian Sidorski →

Long term thinking

“But you don’t create wealth by doing today what everybody else is doing. You create wealth by doing today what everybody else will be doing tomorrow.”

Michael Lee-Chin →