Is there such a thing as a self made billionaire???

[Westsidex]

Ophra comes mind but most aren't self made, meaning they got a big helping hand not available to the average West. Jeff Bezos ?? started amazon by getting a 300,000 dollar loan from his uncle. Handy uncle. Branson came from an influential and political family etc. Just something I wondered.

Westside

[sibbald]

Interesting question, it's largely a myth of the self made man.
There are a few examples yes, but by and large most of them had huge advantages and they were already coming from privileged backgrounds.

[lol brb]

Hungarian born George Soros springs to mind.

"George Soros is a celebrated hedge fund tycoon who managed client money in New York from 1969 to 2011.
In 1992, Soros shorted the British pound and reportedly made a profit of $1 billion. He became known as the man who broke the Bank of England.
Soros shifted $18 billion from his family office to his Open Society Foundations as of 2018. His fund's assets are worth an estimated $8.4 billion.
Soros was born in Hungary; at 17 he left the country and put himself through the London School of Economics working as a railway porter and waiter.
In recent public appearances, Soros has been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jingping"

[AmbiValent]

Anyone one of us could easily become a self-made billionaire.






All we'd need to do is start with two billion...............

[Privet]

Kinahans ?

[Westsidex]

Kinahans ?

Just so you know 1 billion is 1000 million.

Westside

[Privet]

Oh I know that indeed, a long time in high margin markets makes it a realistic figure in my opinion, especially if you consider the size of that market



=Westsidex;2566523]Just so you know 1 billion is 1000 million.


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[Mrbean76]

Ophra comes mind but most aren't self made, meaning they got a big helping hand not available to the average West. Jeff Bezos ?? started amazon by getting a 300,000 dollar loan from his uncle. Handy uncle. Branson came from an influential and political family etc. Just something I wondered.

Westside

Who's Ophra ?

[Rockerman]

Who's Ophra ?

Ophra Winfreeeee

[Mrbean76]

Ophra Winfreeeee

Never heard of her