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elephantdoesntforget ago

John Paul Dejoria, one of two men (the other mysteriously died) behind the Paul Mitchell hair care products, worth billions.

JPD, the man with the ponytail.. with close connections to ... ?

Met him a few times. He definitely comes off as a shady character. His wife / gf is ... interesting.

migratorypatterns ago

You met him? Good stuff.

I guess the thing is that these rags to riches stories are getting tired. Like skanky little actresses who accept Weinstein's abusive offers just happen to win Oscars ... really? Just happens that way? Think Ed Buck also was a nothing burger, but he started this mysterious business in his bedroom and now he has millions? It's more likely that debauched losers are picked to funnel and launder money. Like Oprah .. maybe like JK Rowling. Then when the money is needed, they just transfer it to The Kenyan, Killary, The Cannibal Elite, Soros' charitable funds .. or whatever.

GeorgeT ago

Right on the money. And remember that Mark Detreux creep - he supposedly purchased six real estates (being unemployed!) And Jimmy Saville, a disc jockey living in a mansion, driving Rolls Royce and has access to Buckingham Palace and gets knighted by the Queen!

migratorypatterns ago

Exactly. Then there's Bill Gates having to borrow a tie for his first meeting with IBM. Really? He was attending Harvard and his parents are attorneys , but he doesn't know about ties? And there's that conflicting story again ... just keeps changing. https://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/software/286148-the-rise-of-dos-how-microsoft-got-the-ibm-pc-os-contract

And I just found another meteoric rise when doing research. This one is really hard to get a handle on so crossing my fingers that I trip over some good info.