• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The emerald mine is a red herring, he didn’t actually get any significant (on this scale) wealth from it. He was just lucky to be on the PayPal team at the right time and that’s where his fortune got its real start.

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      1 year ago

      The emerald mine paid for his Ivy league education, and multiple attempts to get an engineering degree. Also his entire upbringing was funded by it.

      So much more than what anyone else got.

      He also bought PayPal with the same money.