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It’s a necessary but not sufficient condition.

• gspetr 4y ago
  Necessary? This statement does not hold any water. Jeff Bezos used to work as a cook at McDonalds in his teenage years.
  • komali2 4y ago
    Sure but he grew up in river oaks, the local rich neighborhood to me, and his family had a massive ranch. So his rich parents made him work for spending money, dude grew up in a rich family. Didn't his family also invest a couple hundred thousand in Amazon's early days? Ugh, I'll be honest, I'm kinda tired of this "debate." We're really going to keep peddling the myth that any hard working joe can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and become a billionaire? That's the tale we're telling with a straight face in 2023?
• andsoitis 4y ago
  Here are 10 billionaires who grew up poor: - Oprah Winfrey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey) - Howard Schultz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Schultz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Schultz) - Ralph Lauren (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lauren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lauren) - Larry Ellison (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison) - Kenneth Langone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Langone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Langone) - David Murdock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Murdock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Murdock) - Alan Gerry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gerry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gerry) - John Paul DeJoria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_DeJoria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_DeJoria)
  • komali2 4y ago
    10? So less likely than winning the lottery.