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by jlgosse 5790 days ago
Without trying to sound like an absolute ass, this article shows EXACTLY why most of the founders of the biggest empires and hottest startups are in fact men. I say MOST as I'm sure there are many women as well, but clearly they are overshadowed by men in this case.
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byw 5790 days ago
I wonder if it has more to do with culture. According to Forbes, about half of all female billionaires are from China.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/22/billionaire-women-entrepren...

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Elite 5789 days ago
Is Oprah the only self-made Billionaire in the US/Europe?

I know that there are several female billionaires but all the fortunes I can think of now are inherited

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tlrobinson 5789 days ago
Scanning the Forbes list (I could have missed some): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Wo...

Doris Fisher (Gap): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Doris-...

Oprah Winfrey: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Oprah-...

Meg Whitman (Ebay): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Margar...

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rchi 5790 days ago
on the titanic, 46% of women in the 3rd class was saved whereas only 33% of men in the 1st class survived.
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scrod 5790 days ago
>Without trying to sound like an absolute ass...

Some things just come naturally to you I suppose.

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techiferous 5790 days ago
"Some things just come naturally to you I suppose."

You just called him an ass. That's rude.

He(?) stated that "most of the founders of the biggest empires and hottest startups are in fact men" which is a fact. He's also speculating that the pressures put on men to get rich is the main cause of this. I see nothing offensive about what he said.

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scrod 5790 days ago
Actually, I implied that he sounded like an ass.

And it's disingenuous of you to pretend that the purpose of his comment was to purely, disinterestedly disseminate facts.

Instead of hearing the wisdom of the article writer, he demonstrates precisely the mentality with which she was finding fault, essentially generalizing her philosophy to all women, and painting it in the light of failure rather than moderation and internal peace.

Frankly, I find his comment chauvinistic and somewhat offensive, and I'm not even a woman.

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