Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in Wise County, Virginia and died in 1970 after a long and successful career as a lecturer, author and consultant to business leaders. Think and Grow Rich is his all-time bestseller whose success made Hill a millonaire in his own right. Hill established the Napoleon Hill Foundation, a non-profit educational institution whose mission is to promote his philosophy of leadership, self-motivation and individual achievement. Read More Read Less