@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-12 06:01:27
A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is now worth $1B following ICE's $2B investment, as its rivalry with Kalshi intensifies (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciap…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-11 16:19:32
Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews.
Christina Persson,
a 55-year-old English teacher in a small town of just over 2,600 people,
is fed up with billionaires.
In May, during the debate over Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,”
she spearheaded a move to erect a billboard reading,
“Tax breaks for billionaires. CUTS for everyone else.”
Two months later, she set up shop at the county fair and sold
“Eat the Rich” ice c…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-11 19:25:46
Swiss Billionaires Pivotal in Wooing Trump Ahead of Tariff Deal (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/swiss-billionaires-pivotal-in-wooing-trump-ahead-of-tariff-deal
http://www.memeorandum.com/251111/p73#a251111p73
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-10-12 09:10:37
Inside the Closed-Door Meetings of the N.F.L.’s Billionaire Owners https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/nfl-owners-trump.html
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2025-10-11 22:52:14
Billionaires need to be heavily taxed until they are no longer billionaires. They are society's corrosion.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/peter-thiel-talk-antichrist-says-he-told-elon-musk-not-give-wealt…
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com2025-10-11 11:46:59
Billionaire Peter Thiel, founder of defence contractor Palantir, famed for exploring receiving blood transfusions from teenagers for longevity purposes, says that tax is a tool of the Antichrist.
"Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: “"It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."”
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@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-11 14:55:59
Meet the Trump administration's 12 billionaires (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-white-house-billionaires-musk/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p30#a251211p30
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-10 08:45:47
A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily (Rya Jetha/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/san-franci…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-10 20:08:51
Right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel recently told an audience that he pushed Tesla CEO and fellow billionaire Elon Musk not to give money to charity and instead horde it so it could be used to battle a future “Antichrist.”
According to a Thursday Reuters report, Thiel told attendees of closed-door event in San Francisco last month that he pressed Musk to rescind his commitment to the Giving Pledge, the charitable campaign cofounded by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates that asks signatories…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-12 22:06:33
Tech billionaire Marc Benioff’s new show of support for Donald Trump, 💥and call for National Guard troops to patrol San Francisco’s streets,💥
has shaken local Democrats who long regarded the Salesforce CEO and owner of Time magazine as an ally.
Benioff, speaking to The New York Times in an interview published Friday, said he was
“all for” deploying Guard troops with the goal of fighting crime in the city.
In the same interview, Benioff said Trump is “doing a great jo…