Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a...
by Aeolun on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:58AM
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He doesn’t seem particularly mind bogglingly rich to me? Maybe his behavior?
Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a...
by fxtentacle on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:23AM
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I thought he got $80 mio in Uber shares some years ago. In Ho Chi Minh City - the capital of his home country - you can buy a good freshly cooked lunch like Com Suon Op La (steak with egg, rice and fresh vegetables) for $0.50
So for everyday living, $80mio in Vietnam is going to feel like $8bio in the US (because steak in a restaurant is $50 instead of $0.5 for a 100x multiplier in living costs).
Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a...
by 323 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:45AM
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Parent was saying that if you saw this guy on the street, you wouldn't think he's a deca-millionaire just by the looks, which is what you implied. In most pictures he projects a middle manager look.
It's basically the same as if you go to a trade show in the US. All the salespeople are trying to figure out which visitors are CEOs and, hence, worth their time, and which ones are just curious amateurs.
Maybe Google "Thuan Pham" - the Vietnamese Uber ex-CTO. He's doing it so well that even for us westerners it's easy to see that he's in a position of power. He isn't going to be charged tourist pricing due to his skin color (which is normal for Vietnamese). He's going to be charged tourist pricing because of his behavior which indicates that he's mind-boggingly rich and powerful.