George Samuel Clason

George Samuel Clason was an American writer and entrepreneur. Born in Missouri in 1874, he graduated from the University of Nebraska and served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. He is the founder of the publishing company Clason MEP, which published the first road atlas of the United States and Canada. His book “The Richest Man in Babylon” appeared three years before the stock market crash of 1929 and served as consolation to millions of families afterward.