Quote Originally Posted by spiff View Post
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henry sy, gokongwei, andrew tan.
my god so many have come up from nothing. how can you make a comment like that. all it takes is passion my friend. you dont just marry into wealth here..iv seen so many people grow over the years.
seems that you all hope is lost for you... sad..
dude, im talking about the situation now. Like year 2007.

The taipans got their start after world war 2. 1950's or 60's. the playing field was very different then. it is very different now.

People can get rich by going into almost any kind of business. Like selling shoes and dealing rice and sugar and stuff like the guys u mentioned above.

Or like a guy's lolo i know who got rich with a fleet of taxis coz noone else during his time had a fleet of taxis. Try competing in that area now.

How many henry sys do we have? or gokongweis? or lucio tans? andrew tans? One of each dude. And the only people who will be on that level 10, 20, 30 years from now will be the heirs of those people.

The only people who can be as big as them now wont be making their money legally. The only people right now who are almost as liquid as the taipans are in positions of power. Or gambling lords and drug lords.

Now things are sooooooooooooooo different.