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My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.

— Michael Lee-Chin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.

— J. Paul Getty

I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.

— Wang Shi

When you are an entrepreneur, you have founded your own firm, it is so easy to find that you exist - you are the main shareholder of your company; it is very easy to look at the stock market position of your company to know how rich you are.

— Thomas Piketty

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

— Alexander Lebedev

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

— J. Paul Getty

I'm not a millionaire. I have a high earning power, but I never did have any capital.

— Prescott Bush

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth was created, it was no longer how many people you employed, it was how much you were worth and how much your company was worth.

— Anita Roddick

I'm a stockholder. I own a lot of stocks.

— Kenneth Langone

All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders.

— Louis Navellier

✗Opposing Perspectives

My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company.

— Alexei Mordashov