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Re:Ask HN: Which industry will most likely produce the first... by sarcasmatwork on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:36PM (#21509670)
Jeff Bezos was right around the corner in 2017 per this article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/27/richest-man-alive-jeff-bezos...
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Re:Ask HN: Which industry will most likely produce the first... by sp332 on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:52PM (#21509791)
Yes but he was divorced this year. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-140b-divorce...

And cashing out a billion dollars a year (over one percent of his net worth at the peak) to spend on rocket ships has got to put a dent in his earnings growth.

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Re:Ask HN: Which industry will most likely produce the first... by markovian on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:42PM (#21509717)
He is certainly well positioned, but Amazon is already 23 years old, industrial cycles tend to shorten and he himself anticipated the death of his own company.
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