P.T. Barnum

P. T. Barnum was an American showman, businessman and politician. He opened Barnum's American Museum in New York in 1841, promoted Tom Thumb and the singer Jenny Lind, and in 1871 started the circus that later became Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. He also served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Art of Money Getting, published in 1880, collects his plain rules for earning, saving and spending, drawn from decades in business.