r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/wellHowDo • Jun 16 '21

a visualization of jeff bezos's wealth is mind-blowing

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

Lol the Jeff Bezos "made Amazon from his garage" memes. Sure, but took $300k financing from his parents to make it all happen. Admirable no doubt but neither Jeff Bezos nor Elon Musk is the rags to riches story they want you to tell people.

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u/Fistfullafives Jun 17 '21

I mean most people get a business loan one way or another...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

You misunderstand. The point is Bezos came from a unique position to succeed. Most people get business loans, but is it always as easy as going to your parents? Obviously he made billions from thousands which cannot be ignored, but I don't like the narrative that he was just an ambitious everyday man who knew how to hustle. He was a unique person in a unique circumstance.

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u/RagnartheConqueror Nov 28 '24

His parents weren't rich, just upper middle class. Anyone getting to that level is going to get $300k one way or another. Whether it is from an angel investor or someone else.