Synopsis 'The Richest Man in Babylon' is a book written by George Samuel Clason. The main theme of this book is to dispense financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. It is about the characters in the parables who through their experiences in business and managing household finance, learn uncomplicated lessons in financial wisdom. Originally a series of separated informational pamphlets were distributed by banks and insurance companies. These pamphlets were bound together and published in book form in 1926.
About the Author George Samuel Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri in the year 1874. Throughout his life, he worked as a soldier, businessman and writer. George Samuel Clason also worked for the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. He was the orginator of two companies, the Clason Publishing Company and Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado. George Clason also wrote a series of informational pamphlets in the year 1926. These pamphlets were about how to achieve financial success easily and to be thrifty. The most famous of these pamphlets were compiled into the book 'The Richest Man in Babylon' which was earlier named as 'Gold Ahead'.
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