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Re:Elon Musk Tells The Oatmeal He’s “Happy To Help” Fund Tes... by mikestew on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @12:23PM (#7744553)
I've wondered how well being The Oatmeal has financially treated Mr. Inman. Even with the popularity, does he still barely pay the mortgage? Olympic-size pool in the backyard full of $100 bills? If he's driving around in a top-shelf Model S, I guess he's not starving.

Regardless, very cool that Musk ponied up. Makes me want to go buy a Tesla even more now.

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Re:Elon Musk Tells The Oatmeal He’s “Happy To Help” Fund Tes... by shankysingh on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @12:37PM (#7744623)
From his wikipedia page "In 2012, its annual revenue was around $500,000, 75% from merchandising and the rest from advertising"- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oatmeal
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Re:Elon Musk Tells The Oatmeal He’s “Happy To Help” Fund Tes... by InclinedPlane on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @02:24PM (#7745299)
He does extremely well. He has a very high page view site and is excellent at monetizing.
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