[HPforGrownups] James Potter's profession?

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 68112

I suspect it's old money and that he didn't earn it by himself, but rather
inherited it.

Suzanne

Innovan pondered:
>
> The question still remains how James and Lily Potter amassed all that
> gold at Gringotts.
>
> Definitely they both didn't go into government service, although one
> of the couple could have. James could have struck it big as a
> Quidditch player after Hogwarts. No confirm or deny so far, but you
> think ROn would have mentioned it first off.
>
> We do know there was a joke business of "Padfoot, Prongs, Moony and
> Wormtail". Given the success of the Weasley Twins already, this seems
> the most likely so far.
>
> But if that business was actually successful, why are today Sirius
> Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew all so poor, and the Potters
> the only one who made money?
>
> Was Potter indispensable to the business' success and without him it
> failed after his murder? Did Potter graduate to creating more
> important magical artifacts leaving the partnership? Did product
> liability suits come up wiping the remaining owners out?
>
> Innovan