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by rgbrenner 2436 days ago
His entire net worth can be accounted for with Softbank's investment of $20m in Alibaba in 1999. That's now worth ~$110B... and he has a 21% stake in softbank.

Remove that.. and he's at 0 or even negative. Is that luck or skill?
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perl4ever 2436 days ago
Reminds me of Bill Ackman and General Growth Properties.
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Nadge 2435 days ago
In what way, please? I only know about Ackman through his Don Quixote-esque battle with Herbalife. What happened with GGP?
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perl4ever 2435 days ago
I only had the general impression in passing that GGP was his big success that gave him the resources to engage the more recent nonsense. I first heard of him in connection with Valeant more than Herbalife.

It's like, maybe the order in which you have your life experiences is everything.

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