Wealth Starts Here

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 a nationally recognized economist, investor, entrepreneur, and former mayor who has spent his life at the intersection of policy, principle, and the people. Born into wealth-but determined to carve his own path-he built a multimillion-dollar portfolio from scratch, led major public and private sector initiatives, and became a trusted voice in economic reform and conservative leadership.
With advanced degrees in theology, economics, and business, Dr. Thomas has advised Fortune 500 companies, founded socially responsible investment firms, and taught financial literacy to underserved communities-including inside America's prison system. As mayor, he governed with conviction and compassion, never backing down from a fight when the stakes were real.
In The Big Beautiful Breakdown, he brings that same grit, clarity, and Texas-born bluntness to the national conversation-decoding legislation, exposing the cost of political theater, and calling citizens back to courage, truth, and common sense.
When he's not writing or leading, you can find him in the library at the Fremont Correctional Facility and/or crunching numbers in Mr. Daniel Garcia's classroom.