Genuinely as a question, but what is it is through something that the person wholly created themselves through their sweat, blood, and effort.
I don’t think anyone has ever become a literal billionaire purely through their own effort. That amount of money is something I think most people cannot even begin to comprehend.
To use your game dev examples, I am sure some game devs that have stayed truly independent like Eric Barone (stardew valley creator in case anyone doesn’t know) live very comfortable lives. He worked very hard for years on that project and deserves his compensation, but he’s still not remotely close to a billionaire. Notch, like Jennie said, made his money primarily through the MS acquistion. Cawthorn is also absurdly wealthy, but according to some light internet searching is valued around $60 million. Well shy of a literal billion dollars. These are all already outlier success stories that don’t even come close to a billion.
There is no world where a single billionaire should ever exist. I cannot think of a legitimate exception to that statement.
I don’t think anyone has ever become a literal billionaire purely through their own effort. That amount of money is something I think most people cannot even begin to comprehend.
To use your game dev examples, I am sure some game devs that have stayed truly independent like Eric Barone (stardew valley creator in case anyone doesn’t know) live very comfortable lives. He worked very hard for years on that project and deserves his compensation, but he’s still not remotely close to a billionaire. Notch, like Jennie said, made his money primarily through the MS acquistion. Cawthorn is also absurdly wealthy, but according to some light internet searching is valued around $60 million. Well shy of a literal billion dollars. These are all already outlier success stories that don’t even come close to a billion.
There is no world where a single billionaire should ever exist. I cannot think of a legitimate exception to that statement.