The richest monkey in the world
Let’s see whether you laugh or not. Continue Reading
Rich People
Davos seems like a trifling joke and the essence of posturing
Why do we believe that a bunch of billionaires are going to solve the problems of the common global man (and woman)? Continue Reading
Don’t buy all the hype on Paul Tudor Jones
Start by watching the above. I did last night. I was actually pretty impressed. Paul Tudor Jones is worth about $4 billion, give or take (him personally). He’s at TED basically saying, “You know what? Capitalism has been great to… Continue Reading
The biggest themes of the most-shared Internet content are…
If you read David Plotz’s goodbye letter from Slate a while back, you might assume that all that matters on the Internet is memes and funny (or animal) pictures. (Hell, if you’ve ever been on the Internet for 45 or… Continue Reading
Patrick Pichette (Google CFO) story: Yep, it’s awesome. But uh, he’s rich.
This Patrick Pichette story (he was the CFO of Google) is going a little bit viral today. Here’s the basic rundown. He retired from a plum job way before you’d think an average American male in such a job would retire,… Continue Reading
4,364 people living in London have over $30 million in assets
Where the globally uber-rich tend to live. Continue Reading
The Martini Report on affluent consumers will make you gauge your fucking eyes out
Here’s a rundown of The Martini Report on Slate; the article originally appeared on Inc, though. The headline might as well be: “Rich People … They’re Just Like Us!”