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Billionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo match (people.com)
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[–] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I suppose JK Rowling, regardless of her personal politics, made her actual money by writing the world's most popular children's book series. Likewise George Lucas I guess is probably a billionaire too. And Taylor Swift.

But these are examples of incredibly lucky creators of novel IPs. There's always been a handful of these people on the lower end of the upper end of economic power.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wait, did you start a sentence with JK Rowling? When being asked about a good billionaire? She’s literally a walking dumpster fire

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    I disagree with her politics and bigotry... however, I think the poster was saying that she did not inherit millions to turn them into billions. She built a media empire on her own. I mean, I can separate the art from the artist in most cases but I can appreciate it without sending enriching them by purchasing secondhand or borrowing from the library.

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