the 6 traits of people who can’t stop making money

Outsized, cross-industry money-making success tends to come from a specific cold, maximizer personality type, not visionary entrepreneurship.

• Natural moneymakers defined: Shaan Puri describes a founder archetype distinct from great CEOs—unemotional, logical, high hit-rate across unrelated industries, exemplified by Carl Icahn firing 12 floors nobody missed.
• Nick Kokonas case study: Started as a trader, made $100M in one year via an ETF arbitrage exploiting price-quote lag between NY and Chicago exchanges, then built Alinea restaurant to $26M revenue at ~20% margins.

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