That's why founders sometimes get so rich so young now. The low initial cost of starting a startup means founders can start young, and the fast growth of compan

That's why founders sometimes get so rich so young now. The low initial cost of starting a startup means founders can start young, and the fast growth of companies today means that if they succeed they could be surprisingly rich just a few years later. Heh... a touch of self-awareness. This seems like a good time to remind people that Graham is unimaginably wealthy--more than you'd be if you worked 10 lifetimes--because he cofounded Yahoo Store[1], a function so meaningless and forgotten it doesn't even get a mention on Wikipedias list of 98 defunct Yahoo services[2], much less a page of its own. Silicon Valley's truly unique era was long over by 1990, much less 2000[3]; everything since has been marketing, monopolization, and hilarious amounts of confidence from people who lucked into millions as a byproduct. The most entertaining/terrifying version of this in 2025 is of course the recent quote "Silicon Valley built the modern world. Shouldn't we get to run it?" by, I shit you not, the creator of Roblox.[4] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaweb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaweb [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yahoo-owned_sites_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yahoo-owned_sites_and_... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley#Rise_of_Silicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley#Rise_of_Silicon [4] https://x.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846 https://x.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846