The Reluctant Millionaires
Posted on April 12th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
The Winklevoss twins have to live with their $20 million cash and estimated $150 million worth of stock. Poor lads!
Actually, I don’t mean to tease the brothers, who take a lot of grief because they’re preppy and have a funny name. (In his remarks on The Social Network a couple weeks ago, Larry Summers actually referred to them as “the Winklevi.”)
But it does seem time for them to move on with their lives…..
3 Responses
4/12/2023 1:12 pm
No Richard, you certainly shouldn’t tease them. They have a funny name, but it’s a good one and they kept it.
Their father, by the way, is one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met. They don’t seem like slouches either, very good students I presume and great athletes.
4/12/2023 1:21 pm
More power to them, Sam.
I’ve always thought that the Winklevosses had a legitimate gripe—and in fact it was the piece I commissioned in 02138, Luke O’Brien’s “Poking Facebook,” that led to Ben Mezrich’s book “The Accidental Billionaires” that led to The Social Network film. It was the first article (that I’d seen, anyway) that took the Winklevoss case seriously.
Nonetheless, I think that horse has left the barn.
4/12/2023 1:57 pm
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-lawsuit-paul-ceglia-new-evidence-2011-4