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America's Real 1% Has Nothing to Do With Silicon Valley or Wall Street

In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributor Rachel Warren talks with Eric Zwick, professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and co-author of The Everywhere Millionaire, about the decade of research that rewrote w

The Everywhere Millionaire, a new book by Eric Zwick, a Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, challenges the popular narrative that massive wealth in America is concentrated in Silicon Valley or Wall Street. Through a decade of research, Zwick uncovered a hidden 1% of America's real wealthy, consisting of regional business owners, pass-through entity founders, and Main Street entrepreneurs who have built generational fortunes away from the spotlight.

These individuals, whose net worth collectively surpasses the Forbes 400 by an order of magnitude, defy the stereotype that wealth creation requires starting a tech giant or managing a hedge fund.

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