Napoleon Hill was born in a rural Appalachian town called Pound, Virginia in 1883. He began writing at the young age of thirteen for local newspapers. His career progressed to more freelance jobs until it led to his pivotal interview with Andrew Carnegie, which launched his twenty years of researching the method by which powerful individuals achieve their success. His findings, published in Think and Grow Rich, brought him great success in turn as it made him one of the best-selling authors of all time. In addition to his career in journalism and writing, he served as an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936. Hill passed away at age eighty-seven in South Carolina in 1970. Steve Harvey is a Daytime Emmy-award-winning comedian, radio personality, actor, television host, and author of several bestselling self-help books including Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man and Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success. He hosts the nationally syndicated radio program The Steve Harvey Morning Show, the talk show Steve Harvey, and the game show Family Feud. He splits his time between Chicago and Atlanta.
