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Who are these billionaires from underprivileged backgrounds ?
by Gud 2y ago
Who are these billionaires from underprivileged backgrounds ?
- andsoitis 2y ago> Who are these billionaires from underprivileged backgrounds ? Larry Ellison, Oprah, François Pinault, Howard Schultz, Jan Koum, Kenneth Langone, Ralph Lauren, Sheldon Adelson, JK Rowling, George Soros, John Paul DeJoria… to name just a few.
- mahkeiro 2y agoFrancois Pinault is French, and inherited a family business, that’s quite an upstart.
- chgs 2y agoRowling was British and had genuine financial issues, but lucked out with her book.
- Gud 2y agoI took a name randomly from your list, Sheldon Adelson: “He began his business career at the age of 12 when he borrowed $200 from his uncle (equivalent to $3,385 in 2023) and purchased a license to sell newspapers in Boston.[23] In 1948, at the age of 15, he borrowed $10,000 (equivalent to $126,814 in 2023) from his uncle to start a candy vending-machine business.[24]” I am not disputing that it’s possible to go from rags to riches. But don’t you find it ironic that a list of people who supposedly fit the description, doesn’t actually fit the description? Where’s my rich uncle? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson