Comment by vessenes
13 hours ago
I don't know if you're aware of this, but American markets are hyper competitive. I'd be extremely wary of any instinct to discount the skill level of any top-20 self-made billionaire industrialist, really anywhere in the world, but in the US at least, that skillset is likely heavily skewed toward business excellence.
> self-made billionaire industrialist
We've reached levels of billionaire worship that would make any court jester of the 1400's blush
An off-the-cuff four word description on an Internet forum definitely exceeds the level of worship from a court jester in the 1400s that had to dress up in costume and dance at the command of a king, lest their head get cut off.
Well jesters are supposed to call out the BS, yes?
That said, How do you (accurately) describe Ellison?
Greedy, ruthless and well-connected? These people are hardly genuises.
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lawnmower
Why does he need a description? If Larry Ellison thinks something is true he can argue the case for it using the same universal logical principles which we all have access to.
Who he is is irrelevant.
> American markets are hyper competitive
Eh. Brand new markets, perhaps. But established markets in the US favor incumbents and encourage monopoly.
Monopoly - so easy everyone can do it. We should give it a go! I would include managing your way into monopoly status and steering clear of being broken up as business skills; no?