(03-31-2024, 05:04 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(03-31-2024, 01:05 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Of course not, but I'm pushing for a real answer. If all billionaires are evil then tell me what Khan is guilty of. Some are evil, but being one doesn't mean you are imo.

I know nothing about Khan except he made some part that made him rich. I don't think there's such a thing as a good billionaire, though. He might not do anything wrong, but he almost certainly doesn't need or deserve what he has. That's said with zero hate or jealousy.

It was a truck part.  It simplified the tailgate assembly so it could be assembled much more quickly and cheaply than before.  4 million trucks are sold per year.  If car makers buy your part for $250 each, that's $1 billion in annual revenue.  Depending on what your cost of goods is, you could be a billionaire in maybe two years or maybe ten.  If you hold key patents on your process, and the previous competing process has, say, double your cost of goods, your margin could be well over 50% and stay that way for 20 years.

Which part of that story was unethical?

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