The gas station attendant who saved 8 million

Ezra Finch
3 min readMar 31, 2022
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Neighbors and the family of Ronald Read were surprised after his death when he turned out to have a net worth of 8 million dollars. The man worked all his life as a gas station attendant and janitor and didn’t tell anyone he was a millionaire.

Of course with all due respect for the gas station attendant profession, but it is not the job where you expect a savings of 8 million. How did…

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