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All credit to Holmes' accomplishments in business and technology, but this story should be read alongside another recent one: http://qz.com/455109/entrepreneur
by thrownaway2424 11y ago
All credit to Holmes' accomplishments in business and technology, but this story should be read alongside another recent one:
http://qz.com/455109/entrepreneurs-dont-have-a-special-gene-for-risk-they-come-from-families-with-money/ http://qz.com/455109/entrepreneurs-dont-have-a-special-gene-...
- turar 11y agoIs she backed by a wealthy family?
- joezydeco 11y agoTake a look at her board of directors. Sometimes connections are worth more than money. http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=20334531 http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?p...
- justathrow2k 11y agoDid you consider you're putting the horse before the cart? I mean to say....did you consider she has these connections because she comes from money? Sometimes they come hand in hand.
- icc97 11y agoHer parents both worked for Government
- justathrow2k 11y agoSure, but so what? 'One of her ancestors was a founder of the Fleischmann's Yeast company', and her great-great-grandfather was 'dean of University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,[11] where a hospital is named after him.'
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- turar 11y agoWealth is usually gone by the second or third generation. Her parents seemed to be employees who had to put in their 9-5, not any kind of tycoons. They did afford a prep school and Stanford though, I guess that's more than most.
- justathrow2k 11y agoShrug. Its totally possible the old wealth is gone, its totally possible its not. I should state, I don't think any less of this persons and their accomplishments. Just a bit of a nitpick on details.
- joezydeco 11y agoYou need more than money to get Henry Kissinger on your board of directors at the age of 31.
- justathrow2k 11y agoSure, but money and the connections derived from it certainly helps you get to that point.
- turar 11y agoI don't really recognize anyone very important besides Kissinger.
- kawera 11y agoAlthough not poor, it seems her parents aren't really rich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes
- pragone 11y agoThey had enough for her to pay to attend university, which is certainly more than most. (Obviously, I'm referring to university of the price tag similar to Stanford.)
- justathrow2k 11y agoWhat precisely in the Wikipedia article you linked to made you suspect that her parents aren't rich? I saw, 'One of her ancestors was a founder of the Fleischmann's Yeast company', and immediately thought old money.
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