You’ve probably heard the stories of many titans of industry. People like John D. Rockefeller, Sam Walton, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos grew their companies to become large enterprises and then became fantastically wealthy.

To be sure, having intelligence, skill and foresight can certainly lead to success in business.

But sometimes, it is far better to be lucky than good, and no one embodies this more than Lord Timothy Dexter.