/ exploring the noosphere Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:50:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 /2014/07/golden-boy-the-harold-simmons-story-john-j-nance/ /2014/07/golden-boy-the-harold-simmons-story-john-j-nance/#disqus_thread Sat, 05 Jul 2014 02:07:00 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=49 I was a long term investor in Harold Simmons’ Keystone Consolidated Industries and now I am currently sitting on a nice return from an investment in Valhi. Being a coattail investor in his companies has paid off — if you can enter at a low price. Some have called him an “Evil Genius” and even a crook. However, I find his story to be an amazing story of business success, legal battles, and cunning financial maneuvers to become an icon of the rags-to-riches success story. His biography, written by John J. Nance and entitled Golden Boy: The Harold Simmons Story, provides a great account of the building of his empire.

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