VC's 'best founders had no hobbies' take gets fact-checked with J.P. Morgan's yacht races
zacharynado · x · 2026-11-10
After investor mashadrokova claimed 'the best founders I backed had no hobbies — only one obsession: the company,' WillManidis pushed back: J.P. Morgan led the New York Yacht Club to successive Cup wins, Rockefeller raced trotters, Ellison made sailboats fly. History's most successful people didn't sacrifice everything — stop falling for the pastiche of martyrdom without the glory.
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