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Famous Financial Failures
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:18 am We Americans have come to believe that "we are our credit score".
The implication of all the credit score hysteria? People with good scores = good people. People with bad credit scores = bad, well, maybe not "bad", but somehow lacking. Bad credit scores = bad people? How many of these famous people did you know? Answers are below QUESTION 1: This 19th century writer made lots of money. But bad investments broke him financially. He had to file bankruptcy. He later paid off all his debts even though not legally obligated to do so. QUESTION 2: Although he was born into one of the wealthiest families in the United States, he was deeply in debt when he died. Only his public stature kept creditors from foreclosing on his home and turning him out. QUESTION 3: A media mogul who invented many of the world's most beloved cartoon characters. He filed for bankruptcy when he couldn’t pay his employees and his rent.
QUESTION 4:This automobile inventor had two businesses fail and put him in bankruptcy. His company may be in the same fix he found himself in. QUESTION 5: This talk show host has filed for bankruptcy not once, but twice! ANSWER 1: MARK TWAIN ANSWER 2: THOMAS JEFFERSON ANSWER 3: WALT DISNEY ANSWER 4: HENRY FORD ANSWER 5: LARRY KING For more names that will surprise you, go to These people weren't their credit score
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