The Richest Man in Babylon can be recognized as a western classical inspirational work. For nearly a century, this book has stimulated countless ordinary people on the way of getting rich. The famous successor Napoleon Hill highly recommended “every aspiring winners must read this book”.

The Richest Man in Babylon is one of s series of pamphlets written by George Samuel klassen, American famous successor. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926 that were set in ancient Babylon, using parables to illustrate his opinions of being thrifty and how to achieve financial success.

George Samuel Clason ( November 7, 1874 – April 7, 1957 ), also known as George S. Clason, was born in Louisiana, Missouri, and died in Napa, California. During his eighty two years he was a soldier, businessman and writer. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Clason started two companies, the Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado and the Clason Publishing Company. The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a road atlas of the United States and Canada, and did not survive the Great Depression.George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and insurance companies began to distribute the parables and the most famous ones were compiled into the book The Richest Man in Babylon.