事业 · 创业者自述

P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 433

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

In the summer of 1855, previous to my financial troubles, feeling that I was independent and could retire from active business, I sold the American Museum collection and good will to Messrs. John Greenwood, Junior, and Henry D. Butler. They paid me double the amount the collection had originally cost, giving me notes for nearly the entire amount secured by a chattel mortgage, and hired the premises from my wife, who owned the Museum property lease, and on which, by the agreement of Messrs. Greenwood and Butler, she realized a profit of $19,000 a year. The chattel mortgage of Messrs. Greenwood and Butler, was, of course, turned over to the New York assignee with the other property.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 433 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

1855年夏天,巴纳姆觉得自己已经财务独立,可以退休了,就把美国博物馆的藏品和商誉卖给了格林伍德和巴特勒。对方付的价格是他最初成本的两倍,大部分用票据支付,并以动产抵押作担保。他们还从巴纳姆妻子那里租了博物馆的场地,每年让她赚1.9万美元。后来巴纳姆破产,这些抵押票据也移交给了纽约的受托人。这段经历说明,即使看似安全的资产安排,也可能因整体财务崩溃而被卷入。对今天的人来说,退休或套现时,要考虑到未来可能的风险,别把全部身家押在单一资产或应收票据上。

上下文

巴纳姆在破产前一年出售博物馆,本打算退休,但随后财务危机波及所有资产。

今日一问

你在做重大资产处置时,是否考虑过万一其他业务出问题,这些资产会不会被牵连?

公版传记;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。

本文本为公版;底本与原文链接见上。 版权

← 返回原文库