By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026Bettencourt didn't even manage her investments - that was all handled by some very clever financial planners, lawyers and accountants. 12/ 11432
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026In other words: for Bettencourt, doing *nothing at all* produced more wealth as *founding the most successful corporation in the world* did for Gates. Bettencourt, a person who *owned things*, did better than Gates, a person who *did things*. 13/ 127743
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026And then Gates retired. He stopped *doing things* and started *owning things*. He became an investor, whereupon he out-earned *both* Bettencourt and Gates-the-entrepreneur. 14/ 121518
