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"Nguyen was earning an estimated $50,000 a day. Not even Mark Zuckerberg became rich so fast." False. Zuckerberg became rich faster. Facebook was founded in Fe
by mrb 13y ago
"Nguyen was earning an estimated $50,000 a day. Not even Mark Zuckerberg became rich so fast."
False. Zuckerberg became rich faster. Facebook was founded in February 2004. As of February 2014 Zuckerberg's personal wealth is estimated at $31.6 billion. So, during these 10 years, his wealth increased on average by $8.7 million per day.
But I guess the point is moot anyway since RollingStone is comparing apples to oranges (earning != wealth).
- unreal37 13y agoHe went from $0 in the bank to $1,000,000 in the bank in the span of a few weeks. That's pretty fast by any standard. Starting from 0.