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> If you look at the lists of the richest people that occasionally get published in the press, nearly all of them did it by starting their own companies. And a
by gist 3y ago
> If you look at the lists of the richest people that occasionally get published in the press, nearly all of them did it by starting their own companies.
And actually it's a stupid point to begin with; making a point by choosing the absolute top percentage as if there is nothing other than 'really' rich (forget whether that is even a good thing I'd argue it's not a plus to have that much money and notoriety). There is of course 'lots of money' or 'comfortable'.
Irony also that Paul is probably not on that list but even if he was it's not because he 'built a google' but rather he decided to be an investor and incubator spreading bets over many potential winners.
Also ironic that Paul had decided rather than making more money he'd rather spend time with his family.
- paulpauper 3y agoI am sure he has at least a billion. That is really rich
- feedforward 3y agoOf course you're correct, but forget about that - two thirds of the team that started Viaweb and then Y-Combinator crashed, according to then contemporary reports, 10% of the machines on the Internet for the fun of vandalism or a prank or whatever. The one who was charged did no jail time - Graham wasn't even charged. He then goes on to exploit young techies to put himself in a very prime position in the relations of production. Nowadays he tweets minimally veiled racist tweets about the supposed biological superiority of his brain compared to the rest of us, especially other races. Talk about privilege.
- user_7832 3y ago> Nowadays he tweets minimally veiled racist tweets about the supposed biological superiority of his brain compared to the rest of us, especially other races. I’m curious, what are you referring to?