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Loral Langemeier

American writer on finance

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ22278776 ↗
Source-derived summary

Loral Langemeier (born 1964 or 1965) is an American author of fiscal-help books and self-described "money expert".

Early life and education

Langemeier was raised in Nebraska. She has a finance degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University (1987) and a master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (1989).

Media and books

Langmeier has appeared on Dr. Phil. She stated in 2013 that "I've probably made about 2600 millionaires". Her books include The Millionaire Maker (2005). A review in Publishers Weekly says that she "never seriously addresses the risks her daredevil financial strategies pose" and that her "primer feels like an infomercial." Langemeier has written more books in the "Millionaire Maker" series.

Awards and recognition

In 2008, Langemeier received the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Education's Distinguished Alumni Award. Her sorority, Delta Zeta, named her "Woman of the Year" in 2013.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Loral Langemeier” is american writer on finance. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Loral, Langemeier and American, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 1965, 1987, 1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Loral, Langemeier and American is the immediate research focus.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 16, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q22278776. The first chronological checks are 1964, 1965, 1987 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Loral Langemeier” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.