George Clason
George Clason was a notable writer, businessman, and soldier. He is best known for issuing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing these pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and insurance companies began to circulate these parables, and the most famous ones were compiled into the book The Richest Man in Babylon. Today, these Babylonian parables have become a modern inspirational classic. Among other achievements, Clason is also credited for publishing the first road atlas of the United States and Canada.
- Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri, on November 7th, 1874.
- He attended the University of Nebraska.
- He served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
- He founded the Clason Map Company published the first road atlas of the United States and Canada.
- He is credited with coining the phrase, "Pay yourself first."
- He died in Napa, California, and was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Mateo County, California.