>I'd still say that John Rockefeller is more impressive. Adjusted for inflation John Rockefeller's company Standard Oil was worth over $1 trillion dollars.
>Or Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the guy who started the Dutch East India company
Yeah, it's amazing what those guys could get away with back in the days of slavery and before regulation.
/sarcasm
Yep to be clear I think Standard Oil and Dutch East India company did a lot of bad things. And that's part of the point... If you are saying Elon Musk is impressive just because he started four companies that are worth a lot of money that means nothing. There are better ways to judge a CEO, and better ways to build a company, and that's what the Shopify CEO was saying in his Twitter thread.
Yeah, it's amazing what those guys could get away with back in the days of slavery and before regulation. /sarcasm