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Which is by their own merit, their empires were built from scratch, which I do respect. I find it less respectable if this wealth was immediately inherited and yet they contribute nothing.

Wealth that is 'won' or 'inherited' seems to get spent quicker than if it was 'earned'. Question is, however, is for the former: are they smart enough to make it recurring income.

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Microsoft’s first product ever was a port. MS-DOS was literally just someone else’s product, rebranded. Bill Gates’ wealth was built on the backs of many, many people, many of whom he just flat-out screwed over. Microsoft was anti-competitive almost from the very start, that’s why Gates is wealthy, not because he built himself up from nothing.

MS made its money selling Bill's 4K/8K BASIC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC for six years before he bought QDOS/MSDOS

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