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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by miles on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @08:11PM (#31747643)
> It's not like he was a rags to riches story, they never are.

21 billionaires who grew up poor https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-who-came-from-n...

Sam Walton: Born as a Poor Farmer, Died as The Billionaire CEO and Founder of Wal-Mart https://corporatebytes.in/sam-walton-born-poor-farmer-died-b...

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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by HWR_14 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @09:11PM (#31748011)
On that list is at least one Russian oligarch, whose friendship with Putin guaranteed him billionaire status.
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Re:Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across... by LoveGracePeace on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @10:32PM (#31748484)
I'm no fan of Russia but I've read Putin moonlighted as a Taxi driver in the 1990's, just saying.
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