Sharing the Wealth

My Story

By: Alex Spanos

Narrated by: David Brower

Sharing the Wealth is the incredible true story of how a $40 a week baker became a multi-millionaire owner of a Super Bowl NFL team and an unprecedented philanthropist. The road Alex Spanos took to riches was not a common one. Without the advantages of money, background, education, or connections, Spanos relied on his own heart and determination to achieve success.

Spanos recounts how his first gamble was his hardest and most important. As a husband and father of one child, with a second on the way, Spanos was barely making ends meet working in his father's bakery. When his father refused to give him a raise to equal the going rate for bakers, he walked out, vowing never to return to his father's employ. His first venture, selling bologna sandwiches to migrant workers, was earning $700,000 annually just five years after he left the bakery. He ultimately made his fortune in the construction business, becoming the #1 builder of apartments in America.

Sharing the Wealth also shares the personal side of Alex Spanos. He struck lasting friendships with such celebrities as Bob Hope and Telly Savalas. He was given the key to the city of San Francisco, he provided relief funds after floods ravaged Northern California, and assisted with humanitarian aid when an earthquake struck Greece. Whenever a need arose, Alex Spanos was there to help. Finally, Spanos shares his odyssey of first buying an NFL team, and then ultimately reaching the Super Bowl.

©2002 Alex Spanos (P)2011 Alex Spanos

Loved it!

A lot of key take-aways and great advice on how to build wealth by sharing it. Networking is the keystone to everything else.

Great story of a billionaire

He shares stories of family, deals, life and business. I enjoyed a lot of the details.

Longing for less brag, more down to earth approach and business inner workings

The book is okay, but it feels very much like a wealthy person just trying to flaunt his accomplishments rather than a true story of the man and his approach to life/business. I would love to know more about his approach to business and more integral details around what made them tick.