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![Screen Shot 2016-08-17 at 10.34.18 AM](https://img.money.com/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-17-at-10-34-18-am.png)

What line of work will make you a millionaire? What's the best business to be in if you want to make a million?

As part of Money's series "[How to Reach $1 Million](https://money.com/topic/how-to-reach-1-million/)," we went out on the streets of New York City to ask people what type of business you should go into if you want to become a millionaire. The quest starts, people told us, with finding a line of work that you like and will work hard to excel at. Beyond that, some people had other ideas for particularly millionaire-friendly occupations.

In a previous installment of *[Mannes on the Street](https://search.money.com/?q=mannes+on+the+street),* we asked people what type of personality you need to become a millionaire. [Here's what they said](https://money.com/person-traits-millionaire-rich/).

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