Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoBefore this, he won $4,000,000 by inheriting it and was able to convince a bunch of his rich friends and fellow Yale alums to bet $91,000,000 on FedEx. Lucky guy winning that $27 grand…
minus-squarehaui@lemmy.giftedmc.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoJesus christ. Way to spoil the mood! /s It’s actually very good to always attach these „privileged success stories“ to these people to demystify them.
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWow, that sounds so easy. I guess anyone can be successful!
Before this, he won $4,000,000 by inheriting it and was able to convince a bunch of his rich friends and fellow Yale alums to bet $91,000,000 on FedEx.
Lucky guy winning that $27 grand…
Jesus christ. Way to spoil the mood! /s
It’s actually very good to always attach these „privileged
successstories“ to these people to demystify them.Wow, that sounds so easy. I guess anyone can be successful!