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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by chrismcb on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:22AM (#28914844)
Clooney got rich from acting, and got richer from selling his tequila business. And is #2 really true?
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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by nemothekid on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:55PM (#28920371)
>And is #2 really true?

I addressed this in another reply, but I find it funny that you questioned that point literally after showing an example of it to be the case. Clooney leveraged capital from acting to buy a tequila "factory" (AFAICT, he didn't run the company, he didn't make tequila, he didn't manage distribution, his name was just on it), and used that capital to make more money they he would have ever had from acting. But somehow #2 is controversial on HN.

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