Pierce is a proud Irishman who’s been in his adopted home of China for a total of 9 years. A conversation with Pierce is always educational, fun and absolutely memorable! With 5 years as a data analyst at LinkedIn and years of traveling and living in the US, Thailand and Turkey, he brings a wealth of knowledge and life experience to the table.
Among his many talents, he’s a professional-level pool player, a successful private investor, has super-human knowledge of history and geography and is one of the best and most passionate arguers you’ll ever meet.
Pierce’s most famous clubs are in depth looks at finance, investing and understanding markets. Nobody does these clubs like Pierce!
Pierce是一个自豪的爱尔兰人,他来中国生活已经足足有9年了,并极其热爱这里。与Pierce的对话总是充满教育意义,有趣且难忘!他曾在LinkedIn做了5年数据分析师,在美国、泰国和土耳其旅行和生活。
Is it a blessing or a curse to be on the cover ...
Is it a blessing or a curse to be on the cover of Forbes magazine? Are new CEOs and overnight multimillionaires being overhyped? Recently, some people have graced the coveted cover of Forbes magazine only to end up bankrupting their companies, being accused of fraud, and in some cases, serving long prison sentences. Changpeng Zhao of Binance pleaded guilty to money laundering, Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos is serving a 12-year prison sentence, and Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX is awaiting sentencing in what could be decades in prison. The question here is about the connection between hype and short-term success that leads to diar ends._x000D_
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So what is it about this new generation of people reaching the world's top hundred richest people? Are these just isolated incidents? Has it always been this way? Or is there something new in the water that's affecting the climb to the top? As more millionaires and billionaires are created in the realms of tech and other new businesses, the way business is marketed, hyped, and done seems to also be changing. _x000D_
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Let's take a deep look at the rise and fall of these and others who have been on the cover of Forbes. Let's concentrate on the fall though, the juicy bits! Let's have a fascinating financial discussion!_x000D_
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登上《福布斯》杂志的封面是福还是祸?新任首席执行官和一夜成名的百万富翁是否被夸大了?最近,一些人登上了《福布斯》(Forbes)杂志令人垂涎的封面,但最终却导致公司破产,被指控欺诈,在某些情况下,还被判长期监禁。币安的赵长彭承认犯有洗钱罪,Theranos的伊丽莎白·霍姆斯(Elizabeth Holmes)正在服刑12年,FTX的萨姆·班克曼-弗里德(Sam Bankman-Fried)正在等待判决,可能面临数十年的监禁。这里的问题是关于炒作和短期成功之间联系。_x000D_
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那么,新一代的人进入世界前100名富豪是怎么回事呢?这些只是孤立的事件吗?一直都是这样吗?还是有什么新东西影响了登顶?随着越来越多的百万富翁和亿万富翁出现在科技领域和其他新兴行业,企业的营销、宣传和运作方式似乎也在发生变化。_x000D_
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让我们来深入了解一下这些登上过《福布斯》封面的人物的起起落落。让我们把注意力集中在落的部分!让我们来一场精彩的金融讨论吧!