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What do we often tell a child who expresses an interest in teaching? "You won't get rich as a teacher." Yet, there are more than 350,000 millionaire edu
by psawaya 16y ago
What do we often tell a child who expresses an interest in teaching? "You won't
get rich as a teacher."
Yet, there are more than 350,000 millionaire educators, working or retired
teachers or professors, according to Stanley's research.
I think it's a little misleading to include college professors in the same group as public school teachers here.
- tjr 16y agoTrue, but it's also a little misleading to make the unqualified claim that "you won't get rich as a teacher".
- ciupicri 16y agoI would also bet that those teachers/professors are working on some lucrative (research) projects or are members of a board of directors, e.g. John L. Hennessy at Google[1]. [1] http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#johnhennessy http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#johnhennessy
- samg 16y agoHennessy actually got rich founding MIPS Computer Systems Inc, years before Google. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Computer_Systems_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Computer_Systems_Inc.
- drbaskin 16y agoIt's also not really fair to include Hennessy on this list -- he is the president of Stanford, after all. That is a very different job from professor, and pays quite well. According to his wikipedia page, "As Stanford's president, Hennessy earns an annual salary of $566,581."
- sethg 16y agoI also wondered how many of those millionaire educators are widows of men who had more lucrative professions.
- mncaudill 16y agoOr widowers of women...
- blahedo 16y agoYeah, the public school teachers make a lot more money than the college professors.