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These ‘everywhere millionaires’ reveal a hidden engine of American wealth

Fast Company·Oct 23, 2026 · 3:00 AM CT
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Economists Owen Zidar of Princeton and Eric Zwick of Chicago Booth spent more than a decade studying anonymized tax data for their new book, The Everywhere Millionaire. They found that many of America's richest people aren't tech founders or Wall Street titans but owners of ordinary private businesses, such as car dealerships and garage-door companies.

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