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Tagged by how they made their money - first mover advantage, hard work and insight, theft, unfair practices, cheating, destroying the environment, war profiteer
by powertower 14y ago
Tagged by how they made their money - first mover advantage, hard work and insight, theft, unfair practices, cheating, destroying the environment, war profiteering, rackets, bribery, political corruption, pure luck, ovarian lottery, etc, would be a much more interesting read.
- AndrewKemendo 14y agoIf you take out the ones who were billionaires by inheritance, and then look at those under 50, all but 5 are well connected beneficiaries of the fall of the Soviet Union. The other 5 made their money in IT (Dell, Bezos, Zuck, Brin, Page).
- bilbo0s 14y agoWhen governments go away, there is always money to be made. I strongly suspect that maneuvering of this nature is the most likely reason for Cuba's undersea cable only being turned on for one way traffic. In lofty debates on political world views, we can often overlook the greedy. I'd imagine the same sorts of things were going on when the Soviet Union dissolved.
- nwzpaperman 14y agoexcellent observation! when a sovereign nation collapses, its legal fabric is what is really destroyed. until a new system is embraced, it's the wild wild west and, strangely/frequently, military-connected persons and families rise to the top after things settle.
- seanlinehan 14y agoMany of these categories are, of course, culturally relative and would be viewed through the analyst's particular lens. Nonetheless, it would make for an interesting perspective.