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Originally Posted by blankall
To be fair to this woman, she proably one of the hardest working and intelligent business minds the world has ever seen. It's in no way fair to characterize her as a lazy socialite.
She inherited a company worth a few hundred million and turned it into a company worth about 20 billion within a decade. In 2007 she was worth 1 billion, and she is currently on track to become the richest person in the world ever, with a networth of 20-30 billion. She probably works 100+ hour weeks every week, which is why her looks and personal relationships are suffering.
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but turned that into a platinum diamond encrusted spoon through years of hard work. Is she a jerk? probably. Is she lazy? absolutely not.
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I'm thinking rising commodity prices played more of a role than her intelligent business mind. The price of iron ore in 1990 when she inherited her fathers company was roughly 15 dollars a metric tonne at the current time it is roughly 130 dollars a metric tonne with it having reached a peak of roughly 185.
Her spoon would have evolved into a diamond encrusted scoop regardless.