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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates. Behind Every Self-Made Billionaire is a Father with Money (mohaboelez.medium.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Aboel3z@programming.dev to c/economics@lemmy.ml

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 85 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In gates' case it was a father with enough money he could attend one of the few schools that he could have access to a computer and a program to learn IT. While ALSO having an investment banker uncle who was willing to invest millions into his company early on.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also didn't his mother help get him the contract to provide ms dos for IBM? And didn't he buy MS-DOS using dad's money?

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

Yes his mother was on the board of United Way where she was friend's with a board member at IBM.