The Way of Wealth

Stories and Strategies on the Path to a Billion

By: Michael Lee-Chin

A blueprint for building wealth that lasts from the self-made Jamaican-Canadian billionaire

What are the odds that a boy born into poverty on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s would rise to become one of the world’s few Black billionaires—standing alongside global icons like Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z and Rihanna? Against staggering odds, Michael Lee-Chin did exactly that.

In The Way of Wealth, Lee-Chin tells the extraordinary story of how discipline, patience and clear principles—not luck—shaped his ascent. Born in Jamaica, he arrived in Canada in 1970 to study civil engineering, only to pivot years later into financial advising. What followed was a bold bet on himself: he acquired a struggling mutual fund company for $500,000 and transformed it into a financial powerhouse managing more than $15 billion in assets. Today, his business empire spans banking, finance, communications and groundbreaking health-research ventures across the globe.

This book is not a memoir of success; it is a manual for it. At the heart of Lee-Chin’s journey is a simple, disciplined “recipe” he has followed for decades—one that guided every major decision and protected him through volatility, risk and uncertainty. In The Way of Wealth, he distills those hard-won lessons into clear, practical principles anyone can apply, regardless of background or starting point.

This is a book about more than money. It’s about conviction over impulse, patience over speculation and building real, meaningful wealth one deliberate decision at a time. No matter where you are today, The Way of Wealth offers a proven path forward and a powerful reminder that prosperity is not inherited, it is built.