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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey Debbie Downer, her father is a fed and her mother is a congressional staffer! Not exactly uber-rich, especially by DCUM standards.

"Her father, Christian Holmes IV, has devoted most of his life to public-minded government service–disaster relief in Africa, international development projects in China, environmental work in this country–and is currently the global water coordinator for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He met Elizabeth’s mother, Noel, on Capitol Hill, where she worked as a congressional committee staffer."[/quote]

He went on to work in the private sector when they moved to Texas.  He didn't remain a Fed.[/quote]

So none of you actually read the article? Her family are descendants of the Fleishmann yeast fortune. Educated parents working in civil device and likely an affluent family going way back. She is doing great meaningful work, but not self made in I sorry.  On top of the great great grandfather who was a surgeon and World War I hero. She is the latest on a long line of a successful family, but her accomplishments are mostly a result of upbringing and likely resources few of us can match.

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I'm the OP and a guy who is very passionate about issues of opportunity, but I can't agree with the last sentence. Even for her pedigree, her accomplishments are ridiculous. 80 patents, 100+ co-patents, her business maturity at such a young age (there are videos of her at age 25 talking to stanford students regarding importance of cash flow in building a business....very different from what most young tech founders think about or say) - I know lots who went to HYPS that aspired/gunned to just make a lot of money while minimizing risk via finance or consulting or law.

Then again, I'm around my age so maybe i just want to get in her pants (though a number of her youtube videos kind of give off the vibe that she bats for the other team) but no [b]I think her accomplishments are a lot to do with her with 20% to do with her background[/b]. [/quote]

Debbie Downer here.  20% is... a lot.  That 20%, at the least, is the difference between a Stanford grad at an investment bank and a Stanford grad with extraordinary accomplishments.

I don't want to minimize her or her accomplishments.  But I'm wondering, as a society, are all of our extraordinary children given at least some of the opportunities to go as far as they can?  And how much are we losing if they aren't?[/quote]

Hey someone's gotta pick the coal out of the mountains and drive the trash truck. Nothing wrong with that.

Many affluent kids squander their oppprrunity. She's simply genetically superior. Her true advantage and blessing was her genetics.[/quote]

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