Forbes recently shared a light-hearted article listing five factors they think could help someone achieve billionaire status. Strangely enough, three of these supposedly apply to me, yet I’m not even close to billionaire territory. The closest I ever got to Warren Buffet status was when he lost $9.6 billion on paper last November, and I lost significantly less.
Here are the five factors Forbes thinks matter:
1) Having parents with careers in mathematics.
2) Being born in September.
3) Dropping out of college.
4) Being a member of a secretive society like Yale’s Skull & Bones.
5) Having a stint at Goldman Sachs.
Once, I found myself seated next to Steve on a flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong. My first thought was, “Why is he flying commercial?” and then, “He really did have a lot of acne growing up!” No offense, Steve. He was on his way to a Forbes-sponsored conference in Asia and shared some enthusiastic views on the region’s growth potential. He even gave me a motivational talk, telling me to chase after what I want.
We exchanged business cards—his read “CEO, Editor in Chief of Forbes Magazine,” and mine jokingly said “Waterboy At Your Service.” We went our separate ways, and eight months later, I received a Christmas gift from him—a tie with “Corporate Tool” printed on it. It was quite the gesture, making me reflect on his insights which stirred up a lot of discussions online last week.
Steve missed a sixth ingredient in his list for becoming a billionaire—just inherit it like he did!
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