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Who is Bill Farley?? (billionaire Business Mogul)

Bill Farley is a well known name inyears - from 1980 to 1985, Bill Farley
industrial circles. He is the chairman andmanaged a series of acquisitions - from
owner of Farley Industries located incompanies such as Coal Creek Mining Company,
Chicago, Illinois. An avid follower ofHealth Foods, Inc., The NL Industries' Metals
fitness he has several leading brands to hisGroup, and Northwest Industries (which
credit such as the likes of Munsingwear, BVDincluded Fruit of the Loom). His companies
and  the  very  popular  Fruit  of  the Loom.were at an all time high during the 1990s -
during that time his companies employed more
His  Humble  Beginningsthan 50000 people and had a turnover of over
4  billion  USD.
Bill Farley was born in the town of Pawtucket
in Rhode Island. His mother was a factoryThe  Way  Things  Stand  Today
worker and his father worked as a musician
and a mailman. In his early days of struggle,Today Farley has an impressive empire to his
Bill Farley used to earn his living bycredit. He is the proud owner of Farley
delivering Sunday newspapers. Later on heindustries (FI), as well as the CEO of Body
switched jobs to work for a toy manufacturerWise International located in Tustin
and later as a lifeguard. Farley did hisCalifornia. Body Wise is a leading marketer
schooling from the Bowdoin College. Aof nutritional supplements. Farley
proficient scholar as well as an athlete,incidentally is also the CEO of Unity Group
Farley graduated from college in 1964 with aLLC located in Washington D.C. which is a
degree in government. He decided to try hisprivate security force and defense contractor
luck in the world by traveling in the Unitedthat operates in high risk zones like
States.Indonesia,  Iraq  and  Sudan  etc.
From  Rags  to  RichesHis  beliefs
Like many clichés even this one seems toBill Farley has always believed in taking
hold true for Bill Farley - the man literallyrisks.  His  famous  quote  says,
made it from rags to riches. There used to be
a time when he didn't have enough money to"A willingness to take risk is probably a
eat. At such times he would earn his livingmajor reason for my success today. Many
by selling encyclopedias from door to door inpeople could be as successful as I am, or
Los Angeles. This ad-hoc training inmore so, but for whatever reason they are
door-to-door selling helped him become aunable to take steps that appear personally
leading sales manager and trainer as timeor  financially  risky."
went by. He decided that education would play
a key role in shaping his career growth.This just goes to show that Farley has never
That's why in 1966 Bill Farley enrolled inshied away from taking personal and financial
law school at Boston College. He graduatedrisks. Be it in the series of acquisitions or
three years later with a J.D. degree. Soon hehis steady rise from humble beginnings -
went on to join the famous NL industries ineverything illustrates his beliefs well.
New York and started working in their mergersFarley also believes that in general
and acquisitions department. It was after"management and owners sink or swim
quite a few years that he was sent to Chicagotogether". That could be one reason why
on transfer for the post of regional managerFarley has always treated his colleagues,
in charge of NL's metals division. Aftersubordinates and acquaintances with utmost
having worked with NL industries for a good 6respect. He involves all employees and
years, he shifted to Lehman Brothers in 1972,partners  in  decision-making  processes.
as  an  associate  in  corporate  finance.
Today Farley rubs shoulders with some of the
The  Acquisitions  That  Followedmost  rich  and  famous  people of the world.
Bill Farley bought his first ever company -Check out his brand new MLM company called
Anaheim Citrus Products in the year 1976 -Zrii. The company is on its way to become
just 4 years after joining Lehman Brothers.another  billion  dollar  brand.
It was during the same year that Farley
became a partial owner of the famous ChicagoSource:
White Sox. Then a year later he acquired
Baumfolder, which happened to be a subsidiarySee You at the TOP!
of Bell & Howell. During a time span of five



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