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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (11 children)

You cannot become a billionaire without being a scummy person.

[–] starlinguk@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Rowling became a billionaire by writing popular books and selling the movie rights. She's a scummy person, obviously, but she didn't become rich by being one.

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Yeah you definitely can become a billionaire without being a scummy person, just not trough business. You need to be an artist or athlete.

[–] Zana@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely not going to be a CEO without being a piece of shit. You need that lack of ethics to make it that high.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can literally start your own company and assign yourself CEO. It's probably all of a filing fee away. It's easy to become a C-suite.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you saying it’s easy to become scummy?

It's always been easy for people to be scummy. It just happens to also be easy to be a CEO of a company that does nothing.

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