# How does someone with no business acumen get to be the richest person in the world?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-with-no-business-acumen-get-to-be-the-richest-person-in-the-world/974903 "2022-11-14T19:46:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-with-no-business-acumen-get-to-be-the-richest-person-in-the-world/974903/180 "2022-11-22T04:53:53Z")

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It’s virtually 15 years to the day that you [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-space-programs-are-any-realistic/426134/26) that

> [@private space programs-are any realistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-space-programs-are-any-realistic/426134/26):
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> From where I sit, the good people at SpaceX seem very, very clueless about their venture.

And, well, I expect that your predictions of the future success of Twitter and all of Musk’s other ventures are about as reliable as your predictions about SpaceX back then. Regardless of whether you think Musk contributed technically or just has a good eye for hiring the right people, SpaceX went from essentially nothing to having the sole operational US crew launch capability as well as providing 2/3 of the world’s orbital upmass. And will likely continue that dominance given the incompetence of competitors like Boeing, Arianespace, and Roscosmos.

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