Almost like you can’t actually work hard and get rich. You literally have to be a shitty person.
i much prefer what china does with these kind of people. i didnt read what’s going to happen to her specifically, but i’m sure a couple millions to the judge, she’s out in 2 years and she’ll do some similar shit
Tldw?
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) – The crypto king who made the list, then made off with billions in customer cash from FTX. Got 25 years in prison. The math wasn’t mathing.
Charlie Javice sold her student loan startup to JPMorgan for $175M. Problem? She faked having 4.25M users. She had ~300k. Got 7 years.
Martin Shkreli is the “Pharma Bro.” Made the list, then became the most hated man in America by jacking up a lifesaving drug’s price 4,000%. Ran his hedge fund as a Ponzi scheme. Did 7 years.
Nate Paul is a real estate “prodigy” who gave inflated financials to banks for $172M in loans. Pled guilty but dodged prison.
Obinwanne Okeke is the forbes Africa pick. Ran a phishing scam stealing $11M from a Caterpillar dealer. Doing 10 years.
Gökçe Güven is the newest inductee. This 26-year-old fintech founder faked her revenue, made up clients, and forged a genius visa application. Facing up to 52 years.
Basically, if Forbes says you’re the next big thing, the FBI might agree.
I guess she wasn’t successful enough. Prison is for the poors.
