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Out of 10 richest people of the world, 8 have background in software engineering. Musk, Zuck, Bezos, Ellison, Gates, Page, Brin, Ballmer. Only Buffet and Arnault are exceptions.

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Ballmer has a background in working for a software company. Did he ever actually work in software as such?

Pretty sure he was explicitly brought on by Gates and Allen because he was a non-technical MBA type, and Microsoft had grown to the point where they needed one of those.

Sort of tracks with the Welchian bullshit he seems to have supported as CEO.

They are not richest people though, they are biggest public shareholders. Real wealth is always well-hidden.

The idea that these centibillionaires do not have "real wealth" is beyond absurd

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