ep. 1 - William Leidesdorff - The First Millionaire of California before the Gold Rush

Most people have never heard his name before, most don't know his story. A man who came to America in the 1830s and made his way to becoming the first millionaire of California before the gold rush. Had he not died so young who knows what riches he would have accumulated. 

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