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"Shaq is rich," he said, referring to the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal, "but the white man who signs his check is wealthy. Oprah is rich, but Bill Gates
by jgalt212 9y ago
"Shaq is rich," he said, referring to the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal, "but the white man who signs his check is wealthy. Oprah is rich, but Bill Gates is wealthy. If Bill Gates suddenly woke up with Oprah's money, he'd slit his throat."
- ifhd 9y agoHow much did Oprah have when he said that?
- fizwhiz 9y agosource: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2004/05/21/The-big-difference-between-rich-and-wealthy/stories/200405210167 http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2004/05/21/T... Authored in 2004, at which point Oprah had $1.1Bn[1] [1] https://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/LIRO0ZT.html?passListId=10&pas https://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/LIRO0ZT.htm... Edit: nvm, the article talks about a Chris Rock quote from the previous year (2003) at which point Oprah doesn't show up on the Forbes website.
- QAPereo 9y agoDoes it matter? The answer is still, “at least an order of magnitude less than Bill...”
- replicatorblog 9y agoYep, inequality is not great. The fact that a guy can make $15M in a year by building a social network in the era of FB/Snap/WhatsApp/Instagram is pretty great.
- htormey 9y agoNot trying to take away from your point but I think the company that made TBH were trying to make a hit app since 2013 when they did their seed round: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tbh https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tbh It took nearly 4 years of probably not making much before they hit pay dirt with TBH.
- replicatorblog 9y agoTotally fair point!