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The fact that the financier wishes to remain anonymous hopefully means they are just humble. Nice to see someone's wealth being put into something we can all en
by calewis 10y ago
The fact that the financier wishes to remain anonymous hopefully means they are just humble. Nice to see someone's wealth being put into something we can all enjoy.
- edblarney 10y agoPublicity = Risk these days. Anyone putting their name out, for anything, risks getting someone, somewhere, really pissed off. One sentence can start a global riot of the press get behind it.
- kafkaesq 10y agoYep. Anyone smart enough to get that rich usually figures out that the attention that comes with it is at best, tiresome (and often quite aggravating).
- the_duke 10y agoMost rich people just want to stay anonymous and protect their privacy. Most billionaires you have never and will never hear about.
- chinathrow 10y agoMost? Is there any data to back this up?
- icushman 10y agoThere are over 1,500 billionaires.
- the_duke 10y agoAnd those are only the ones that can be guessed to be billionaires based on their publicly known assets. There are probably quite a few more which don't own big stakes in companies and are hidden behind financial webs.
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- BinaryWaves 10y agoProbably because they fucked over a lot of people and negatively exploited countless others to get where they are.