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>I'd still say that John Rockefeller is more impressive. Adjusted for inflation John Rockefeller's company Standard Oil was worth over $1 trillion dollars. >Or
by anon73044 7y ago
>I'd still say that John Rockefeller is more impressive. Adjusted for inflation John Rockefeller's company Standard Oil was worth over $1 trillion dollars.
>Or Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the guy who started the Dutch East India company
Yeah, it's amazing what those guys could get away with back in the days of slavery and before regulation.
/sarcasm
- NathanKP 7y agoYep to be clear I think Standard Oil and Dutch East India company did a lot of bad things. And that's part of the point... If you are saying Elon Musk is impressive just because he started four companies that are worth a lot of money that means nothing. There are better ways to judge a CEO, and better ways to build a company, and that's what the Shopify CEO was saying in his Twitter thread.
- walterclifford 7y agoStandard Oil was founded in 1870, five years after the 13th amendment completely abolished slavery in the US. Rockefeller's success is attributed to his relentless pursuit of horizontal and vertical integration, not cheap labor via slavery.
- anon73044 7y agoHence the >and before regulation.