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Masatoshi Kumagai, 57, the billionaire founder of GMO Internet. Because of the coronavirus, Kumagai saw his net worth hit $1 billion as shares of his Tokyo-based company soared on the back of increased internet usage in Japan. GMO Internet provides internet infrastructure, such as cloud storage and web hosting; online advertisements and media; online banking and cryptoassets.
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I am ashamed of myself. I did not study at all as I was confident, for no good reason, that I could achieve anything.
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MarkX
What a strange quote. Why should he be ashamed of his success. Hopefully he will take the money he has rightfully earned and use it in a good way and there will be no problem. But please don't buy space tickets to fly around the moon like another billionaire we all know!
kohakuebisu
I don't know the context of it, but I like this quote. It shows humility.
Many successful people create myths about how they have succeeded. It is rare for them to admit they were in the right place at the right time or benefited from other external factors. Again I don't know this man's history, but the comment about him credits his latest boost in wealth to coronavirus. There will be other savvy and hardworking people whose success has been destroyed by the pandemic, with more losers than winners from it.
Education and income level is one of the strongest correlations out there, so the man is wise to not claim that education is all nonsense and his success despite his lack of study proves it. Yes, you can succeed without an education, but you are stacking the odds against yourself.
GW
CONTEXT we need a little CONTEXT!!
Bjorn Tomention
He could spread some of that wealth my way and I will gladly help him to lessen his feeling of shame
Jandworld
Schooling just as family matters are so tightly insular.....
can you open up to the rest of nations some time in the future?