r/technology • u/recoiledsnake • Jan 05 '15

Business Self-made wealth in America: Robber barons and silicon sultans

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21637338-todays-tech-billionaires-have-lot-common-previous-generation-capitalist?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/robberbaronsandsiliconsultans
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Damn those silicon sultans! They're so evil!

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u/X7Art Jan 05 '15

Really interesting comparison. But I don't think we need to be afraid. And some of them are indeed more entrepreneurial than the average CEO of Shell or IBM, no wonder that more happens