Zero self-made founders: all 20 young German top-50 rich list members inherited wealth
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-26
- Germany's top-50 rich list includes 20 people born after 1965, and all 20 inherited their money; Peter Thiel noted none built a large new company.
- By contrast, in the US top 50, 9 of the 12 in that age cohort were self-made.
- Author's take: Germany has the engineers but lacks people who keep scaling past the first exit offer. Since AI agents make building cheap, that scaling nerve is now the whole job.
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