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Elon Musk was a son of a single mom and an immigrant (that said, his mom is an amazing person and definitely gave him a great start if life just by putting a ri
by anovikov 5y ago
Elon Musk was a son of a single mom and an immigrant (that said, his mom is an amazing person and definitely gave him a great start if life just by putting a right mindset in).
Jeff Bezos was again a son of a dirt poor single mom who later married a dirt poor Mexican immigrant - his life start was as bad as it gets. Yes his adopted father later became a mid-level manager for an oil company and managed to send him to a good college, but there is nothing exceptional there.
There are lots and lots of rich kids who smoke weed all day and contribute an absolute zero to the society, and so few good entrepreneurs.
- MaxHoppersGhost 5y agoBezos’ step dad was Cuban so not sure about any of your other stats. His mother’s side were also wealthy landowners with a 25k acre ranch. At a (very) conservative estimate of $1k/acre that’s $25mm. To this day Bezos is one of the largest landholders in Texas. Regardless, these are anecdotes.
- hef19898 5y agoAnd one could argue that both are outliers.