How many billionaires have you met in person?

[Anonymous]

I hear that Donny in person is also very nice, charming, weirdly orange looking uncle who spmetimes loves quoting Hitler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2, see them regularly, both self-made, give back to the community in significant ways. Very lovely people and their families.

And a lower tax rate than 99.9% of Americans. Thank them from me for giving back.

[Anonymous]

2, husband's relatives. We see them once or twice a year at family reunions.

[Anonymous]

One. Extremely normal. I was surprised to learn that he enjoyed vacations at the same place as me, literally same hotels.

[Anonymous]

0. A family member interacts with several all the time due to that kind of work.

[Anonymous]

A father of my friend growing up. I had been to their (beautiful) house many times but had never met her father. Her mother was one of the kindest, loveliest people I've ever met. One night I stayed for dinner and he was super rude to me (I was about 10 or 11). He was impatient and annoyed with his family. Never saw him in person again. They were big on yachting and travel--the yacht staff would take the boat to Sardinia, say, and they woukd fly there to meet it. He left his wife for a younger woman around age 50. In some ways they were very normal but the advantages they had were insane, like one of the kids opening a private school that he funded, another kid opened a super upscale store in her 20s.

[Anonymous]

Zero.

[Anonymous]

I worked for a very large family owned company where the heir and heir apparent are billionaires. They were not quirky. Pretty much what you’d expect. Time scheduled down to 15 min intervals, large staff and security, multiple nice home, PJs. I worked down the hall from the heir apparent and we had lunch a few times. We were early 30s. I travelled a lot for fun back then, pre-kids. He said he wished he could do that. I said he could do anything, right? He said no. That was kind of illuminating, like his time was not his own - he was handled.

[Anonymous]

I have met two. One was a client who came from family money. Very reserved, almost awkward.

The second is an evil Republican who recently moved to DC. Arrogant.

[Anonymous]

I met a Russian billionaire once. Was in a meeting with him. He didn’t strike me as exceptional but he was certainly very aggressive and knew an opportunity when it presented itself.

[Anonymous]

No one is calling out the “Standford” alum (12/20, 11:53)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the top 10. I overlapped with Musk as an undergrad at Penn and Brin and Page as a grad student at Standford. I taught Zuckerberg at Harvard as a TA.

They weren't billionaires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2, see them regularly, both self-made, give back to the community in significant ways. Very lovely people and their families.

And a lower tax rate than 99.9% of Americans. Thank them from me for giving back.

And higher tax amount than 99.9% of Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2, see them regularly, both self-made, give back to the community in significant ways. Very lovely people and their families.

And a lower tax rate than 99.9% of Americans. Thank them from me for giving back.

And higher tax amount than 99.9% of Americans.

They can afford to pay one hell of a lot more and should be forced to. We need more confiscatory tax policies for those income classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three. One who has been prosecuted for corruption. One who is trying to overthrow American democracy. One is a nice guy and keeps it on the down low because of kidnapping threats.

Orangish complexion with a comb over by any chance?

Trump isn’t a billionaire