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What if everything you were taught about money was a lie-designed to keep you consuming instead of creating?

Wealth Starts Here is not your typical financial handbook. It's a straight-shooting, no-fluff blueprint forged by a man who's led boardrooms, built million-dollar businesses, made mistakes, and clawed his way back stronger every time.

Dr. Gregory A. Thomas-known to many as Big Tex-pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to build lasting wealth. With a voice equal parts professor, preacher, and streetwise strategist, he blends financial literacy with real-world grit, making complex concepts feel personal, actionable, and unapologetically clear.

Inside these pages, you'll learn:

How to break the poverty mindset and replace it with a legacy mindset What wealthy people actually do-from investing and risk-taking to estate planning Why ownership is the key to freedom-and how to start claiming it now How to build wealth even behind bars, starting with a notebook and a dollar How to turn knowledge into capital, setbacks into strategy, and pain into purpose

Each chapter is packed with "Tex Talks," real stories, challenges, and practical frameworks that equip you to take immediate action-whether you're managing millions or trying to escape paycheck-to-paycheck living.

This isn't just a book-it's your wake-up call.

It's time to stop asking for a seat at the table.

It's time to build the damn table yourself.

Wealth starts here. With you. Right now.

Dr. Gregory A. Thomas is not just a financial strategist-he's a movement. Known to many as Big Tex, he is a nationally respected economist, entrepreneur, publishing executive, and former elected official whose life and leadership defy conventional boundaries.

Dr. Thomas holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The Wharton School, an MBA from Southern Methodist University, and dual bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Marketing from the University of Texas. He also earned dual doctorates in Theology and Ministry from The King's University.

He is the Founder and Advisory Partner of Carbonado Capital Investments, overseeing more than $700 million in assets under management, and the Chief Operating Officer of multiple successful ventures, including Global Hair 4U, Heated Armor, and Thomas Family Ranches, Inc. Through Thomas & Thomas Publishing House, he continues to elevate new voices and publish transformational works that blend faith, finance, and leadership.

A former two-term Town Councilman and the youngest Mayor in the history of Heath, Texas, Dr. Thomas has spent his life building bridges between policy, purpose, and the people. Even while incarcerated, he continues to lead financial literacy workshops, author books, publish curriculum, and mentor men behind the wire.

Wealth Starts Here is more than a book-it's a testament to his calling. Through it, Dr. Thomas empowers readers to reclaim their economic power, think like owners, and build wealth from wherever they are.

He lives by the belief:

"Ownership is the foundation of freedom-and wealth is a decision."