Geboortedatum: November 7, 1874
Geboorteplaats: Louisiana, Missouri
Date of birth: November 7, 1874
Date of death: April 5, 1957
City of birth: Louisiana, Missouri
George S. Clason was an American author.
He is most often associated with his book The Richest Man in Babylon which was first published in 1926
Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and insurance companies began to distribute the parables, and the most famous ones were compiled into the book The Richest Man in Babylon - The Success Secrets of the Ancients. He is credited with coining the phrase, "Pay yourself first"