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Eric Schmidt has never started a company. He's the 129th richest person in the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Er
by ojbyrne 16y ago
Eric Schmidt has never started a company. He's the 129th richest person in the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt
- CapitalistCartr 16y agoHe doesn't say its impossible, so one example doesn't refute, or even respond to his statement. Not only is the plural of anecdote not data, neither is the singular.
- ojbyrne 16y ago"I think you can certainly reach certain levels of wealth only be selling a company you own" Only - "Alone in kind or class" Sure sounds like he said it was impossible to me.
- Goladus 16y agoEric Schmidt joined Google, early, and as the CEO. So in one sense he did join a startup. In another, a career like his is as rare as a startup founder turning into Bill Gates. Perhaps rarer.
- ojbyrne 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chambers_%28CEO%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chambers_%28CEO%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman They all followed a typical path to wealth older than dotcom mania. MBA, senior management position, CEO.
- xiaoma 16y agoAnd Steve Balmer is #33, also neither a founder nor a relative of one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer