Comment by xandar11

This is an example of someone getting rich without increasing economic welfare. It goes against what Paul Graham writes about wealth creation and confirms Tim O’Reilly's view [2] that many people get rich by selling shares to suckers.

[1] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2933177

[2] https://wtfeconomy.com/what-paul-graham-is-missing-about-ine...