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The man has successfully ensured he was a major player in e-commerce, batteries, spaceflight, and the auto industry. He's an order of magnitude richer than he started and has gone from a nobody to exerting significant influence on a global level.
You will not find many peers that are that successful even among the rich. What is your definition of being good at business?
He successfully bought his way into those industries. His most successful companies were not started by him, and tend to flourish once he’s gone.
Once you have enough money it’s pretty much impossible to do anything but fail upwards
And who else bought into and became the face of those industries right before they blew up? It's just dumb luck he happened to invest in those 4 companies right? He had no clue or insight and him and randomly just happened to buy some of the most influential companies of the modern era before anyone had a clue.
I swear to God with your people. If you didn't invent it then you had nothing to do with it 🤦♀️.
Name 5 people who have been more successful in the modern era in gaining money and influence through capitalism. Feel free to pick from any of the billionaires who have had all those advantages. You can't because as much as you hate him, he's objectively more successful than his peers.
There's this book by Malcolm Gladwell called Outliers: The Story of Success. You should read it.
You should check out the "If Books Could Kill" episode on Outliers
And while you’re at it, listen to the whole If Books Could Kill catalog!