Or they just enjoy working… I’ve read quite a few accounts of work being a fairly meaningful part of life, and when you’re worth billions, you probably run the company, set your own dress code, can casually fire anyone that annoys you, etc..
I’d also suggest that being a billionaire and enjoying your work probably go hand in hand—it would explain why so many of them work 80+ hours a week...
Agreed that being a billionaire and enjoying work go hand in hand–obviously they enjoyed it enough to put in the work required to earn billions. It’s not impossible that someone could say “well, I sort of got dragged into working 80-hour weeks running my company and making billions, but I wish I’d just worked 9-5 for $100,000 a year and spent my leisure time doing x, y, z.” But I doubt you hear it often–if they were the kind of person who enjoyed leisure activities more than working, earning, and promotions, they probably would have ended up in the 9-5 job by default–it’s hard to accidentally get to be a billionaire.
Or they just enjoy working… I’ve read quite a few accounts of work being a fairly meaningful part of life, and when you’re worth billions, you probably run the company, set your own dress code, can casually fire anyone that annoys you, etc..
I’d also suggest that being a billionaire and enjoying your work probably go hand in hand—it would explain why so many of them work 80+ hours a week...
Agreed that being a billionaire and enjoying work go hand in hand–obviously they enjoyed it enough to put in the work required to earn billions. It’s not impossible that someone could say “well, I sort of got dragged into working 80-hour weeks running my company and making billions, but I wish I’d just worked 9-5 for $100,000 a year and spent my leisure time doing x, y, z.” But I doubt you hear it often–if they were the kind of person who enjoyed leisure activities more than working, earning, and promotions, they probably would have ended up in the 9-5 job by default–it’s hard to accidentally get to be a billionaire.