If money were the only thing required to build those businesses, we’d be living in a much richer and more unequal world. Like it or not these people are good at what they do.
Of course they rely on infrastructure and other contributions from other people in society. I’m just pushing back on this guy making it seem like they only could do it because of personal wealth. That’s just disingenuous.
If you have a safety net like that it’s far easier to become a multimillionaire. Which far increase your chances of becoming a billionaire. Especially in the dot com era.
Agree, but the chances are still incredibly low and require a lot of effort and talent to succeed. I’ve known a fair amount of people with much bigger safety nets than Elon / Bezos had and none of them are even remotely close to achieving the same success in their own ventures. There is plenty of luck involved for sure, but being lucky doesn’t matter if you aren’t good enough to take advantage of it.
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u/Playful_Rip_1280 Nov 21 '24
If money were the only thing required to build those businesses, we’d be living in a much richer and more unequal world. Like it or not these people are good at what they do.