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He's diddling the CEO of his main investment; Michelle Ritter of Steel Perlot. He's a fucking creep who got lucky and was in the right place at the right time,

He's diddling the CEO of his main investment; Michelle Ritter of Steel Perlot. He's a fucking creep who got lucky and was in the right place at the right time, just like most tech oligarchs we all bow to, like Musk, Larry and Sergey, Zuckerberg, or Dorsey. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schmidt-michelle-ritter-steel-perlot/?sh=33cceef970a5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm...

toasted-subs 3y ago
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threeseed 3y ago
Schmidt was the CEO of Novell which was a well known company at the time. And Google was a pretty unsafe bet. It's easy to say in hindsight that these people were lucky but at the time most of the founders you list made bets that were pretty unorthodox.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  Yes. To the person alleging "luck": what things have you said or done lately that will look incredibly stupid in 30 years? Trick question. You don't know, do you?
roenxi 3y ago
I'm identifying this as whinging without an actual complaint. Some people are lucky, and putting his girlfriend in charge of something is unimpressive but also unobjectionable in the main.
- el-dude-arino 3y ago
  > unobjectionable LOL, because it's totally not gross or a conflict of interest in any way. Keep licking those billionaire boots, I bet they taste like caviar.
  - roenxi 3y ago
    I don't see it. Run me through how this is a conflict of interests; ie who is it in conflict with. Forbes is suggesting he fronted all the money and put his girlfriend in charge. While I wouldn't call that the highest-success strategy, it doesn't seem like a conflict. Presumably she is competent enough and I don't see anyone involved complaining. Did I miss something in the article? It isn't a conflict of interest to appoint someone close to you to be CEO. It might be nepotism (read: is), but if someone fronted $100 million to some group then they get to engage in a little nepotism if they think it is a good idea. It is like a small businessman installing his son as 2IC; it isn't a cerebral choice but it is unproblematic.
giardini 3y ago
FTFY: He's rumoured to be lover of Michelle Ritter of Steel Perlot. Steel Perlot is apparently his main investment. Scnmidt may have been lucky enough to "be in the right place at the right time". Time will tell. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm... Shorter, factual, and easily as informative but without slurs.
- el-dude-arino 3y ago
  It's not rumored.

toasted-subs 3y ago

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threeseed 3y ago

Schmidt was the CEO of Novell which was a well known company at the time. And Google was a pretty unsafe bet. It's easy to say in hindsight that these people were lucky but at the time most of the founders you list made bets that were pretty unorthodox.

AlbertCory 3y ago
Yes. To the person alleging "luck": what things have you said or done lately that will look incredibly stupid in 30 years? Trick question. You don't know, do you?

roenxi 3y ago

I'm identifying this as whinging without an actual complaint. Some people are lucky, and putting his girlfriend in charge of something is unimpressive but also unobjectionable in the main.

el-dude-arino 3y ago
> unobjectionable LOL, because it's totally not gross or a conflict of interest in any way. Keep licking those billionaire boots, I bet they taste like caviar.
- roenxi 3y ago
  I don't see it. Run me through how this is a conflict of interests; ie who is it in conflict with. Forbes is suggesting he fronted all the money and put his girlfriend in charge. While I wouldn't call that the highest-success strategy, it doesn't seem like a conflict. Presumably she is competent enough and I don't see anyone involved complaining. Did I miss something in the article? It isn't a conflict of interest to appoint someone close to you to be CEO. It might be nepotism (read: is), but if someone fronted $100 million to some group then they get to engage in a little nepotism if they think it is a good idea. It is like a small businessman installing his son as 2IC; it isn't a cerebral choice but it is unproblematic.

giardini 3y ago

FTFY: He's rumoured to be lover of Michelle Ritter of Steel Perlot. Steel Perlot is apparently his main investment. Scnmidt may have been lucky enough to "be in the right place at the right time". Time will tell. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/10/23/eric-schm... Shorter, factual, and easily as informative but without slurs.

el-dude-arino 3y ago
It's not rumored.