# 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:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-with-no-business-acumen-get-to-be-the-richest-person-in-the-world/974903/191 "2022-11-22T16:53:53Z")

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> [@nate](#):
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> I’m curious, where is all of this ample evidence hiding?

Don’t fall for the bait, anyone. Whatever evidence and citations you provide [will be brushed away by the poster’s bare-assed assertion that they don’t actually mean what is plainly written.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-elon-musk/961053/349)

Stranger

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