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Mr. Ka-Shing himself, sure. He oversees every single investment his firm makes. I totally believe this. Besides, we don't know Ka-Shing isn't reading TechCrunc
by devcpp 14y ago
Mr. Ka-Shing himself, sure. He oversees every single investment his firm makes. I totally believe this.
Besides, we don't know Ka-Shing isn't reading TechCrunch all day.
- gwern 14y agoYou usually don't get to be a billionaire without spending a lot of time in the office and working pretty hard. To give some apropos examples: Marissa Mayer is reportedly going over every Yahoo hire; _In The Plex_ mentions Page doing the same thing at Google.
- bitcartel 14y agoHis first Internet adventure was back in 2000... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/655740.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/655740.stm "Police had to step in to keep order among investors queuing to buy shares as the internet gold rush swept dramatically into Hong Kong. A crowd of about 30,000 people formed outside one of the few banks where small investors could apply for shares in internet firm tom.com. ... Thousands of investors pushed and shoved through queues stretching back as far as half a mile to hand in their forms at the worst hit HSBC branch in Kowloon. Analysts have predicted that the Hong Kong firm's share sale will prove to have been a record 2,000 times over-subscribed."