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Max Gunther


Born
in Hendon, Middlesex, England, The United Kingdom
June 28, 1927

Died
June 28, 1998

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Max Gunther was an Anglo-American journalist and writer. He was the author of 26 books, including his investment best-seller, The Zurich Axioms.

Born in England, Gunther moved to the United States at age of 11 after his father, Franz Heinrich became the manager of the New York branch of a leading Swiss bank, SBC.

Gunther graduated from Princeton University in 1949 and served in the United States Army from 1950 to 1951.

He worked at Business Week magazine from 1951 to 1955 and during the following two years he was the contributing editor for Time Magazine. He also contributed to Playboy, True, Reader's Digest, TV Guide, McCall's, and Saturday Evening Post.
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Average rating: 3.89 · 2,943 ratings · 223 reviews · 43 distinct worksSimilar authors
Zurich Axioms

3.97 avg rating — 2,904 ratings — published 1985 — 36 editions
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How to Get Lucky: 13 Techni...

3.94 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions
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The Luck Factor

3.74 avg rating — 182 ratings14 editions
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D.B. Cooper: What Really Ha...

3.53 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions
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The Very, Very Rich and How...

3.65 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions
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Doom Wind

3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions
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Wall Street and Witchcraft:...

3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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El factor suerte (Crecimien...

2.67 avg rating — 15 ratings4 editions
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Tsuki No Kagaku: Un O Konto...

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Weekenders

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1964
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“Adventure is what makes life worth living, and the way to have an adventure is to expose yourself to risk.”
Max Gunther, The Zurich Axioms: The rules of risk and reward used by generations of Swiss bankers

“The fact is that fairness is a human concept. The rest of the universe knows nothing of it.”
Max Gunther, How to Get Lucky (Harriman Classics): 13 techniques for discovering and taking advantage of life’s good breaks

“By diversifying, you become a juggler trying to keep too many balls in the air all at once.”
Max Gunther, The Zurich Axioms: The rules of risk and reward used by generations of Swiss bankers