And yet I think the only one who’s actually happy is probably Buffet. Most of them are so hated by everyone and clearly have mental, emotional or social problems.
Especially Musk, I don’t think you can pay me his net worth to convince me to be him (although all the better since I’m also rather attached to my head and I’d rather not lose it).
Warren Buffet is the closest thing there is to a “good” billionaire. He made his money through responsible investing (investing in stocks based on the quality of the company and product rather than demanding short-term profit at the expense of future sustainability like the rest of the market), openly campaigns for higher taxes on the wealthy, pays his employees a generous wage, and was one of the first to join Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge and the only billionaire I know of to immediately follow through and donate away huge swaths of his fortune, while the other Pledges only gave vague promises to donate a portion of their wealth to charity at some point before they die.
He’s not perfect, but if more wealthy people were like him the world would be a much better place.
And yet I think the only one who’s actually happy is probably Buffet. Most of them are so hated by everyone and clearly have mental, emotional or social problems.
Especially Musk, I don’t think you can pay me his net worth to convince me to be him (although all the better since I’m also rather attached to my head and I’d rather not lose it).
Warren Buffet is the closest thing there is to a “good” billionaire. He made his money through responsible investing (investing in stocks based on the quality of the company and product rather than demanding short-term profit at the expense of future sustainability like the rest of the market), openly campaigns for higher taxes on the wealthy, pays his employees a generous wage, and was one of the first to join Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge and the only billionaire I know of to immediately follow through and donate away huge swaths of his fortune, while the other Pledges only gave vague promises to donate a portion of their wealth to charity at some point before they die.
He’s not perfect, but if more wealthy people were like him the world would be a much better place.