What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by andsoitis on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:45AM (#42944780)

> Who are these billionaires from underprivileged backgrounds ?

Larry Ellison, Oprah, François Pinault, Howard Schultz, Jan Koum, Kenneth Langone, Ralph Lauren, Sheldon Adelson, JK Rowling, George Soros, John Paul DeJoria… to name just a few.

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by mahkeiro on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:10AM (#42944968)

Francois Pinault is French, and inherited a family business, that’s quite an upstart.

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by chgs on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:46AM (#42945278)

Rowling was British and had genuine financial issues, but lucked out with her book.

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by Gud on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:10AM (#42946421)

I took a name randomly from your list, Sheldon Adelson:

“He began his business career at the age of 12 when he borrowed $200 from his uncle (equivalent to $3,385 in 2023) and purchased a license to sell newspapers in Boston.[23] In 1948, at the age of 15, he borrowed $10,000 (equivalent to $126,814 in 2023) from his uncle to start a candy vending-machine business.[24]”

I am not disputing that it’s possible to go from rags to riches. But don’t you find it ironic that a list of people who supposedly fit the description, doesn’t actually fit the description?

Where’s my rich uncle?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson

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