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Founders Notes: Jacob Fugger

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Dynasties David S. Landes Jacob Fugger had no intention of quitting. For many businessmen l'appétit vient en mangeant (Appetite comes with eating) NOTE Great maxim Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived) David Senra Jacob's father died when he was 10. And if it was not for his strong and resourceful mother, he might not have gotten anywhere. Jacob was headstrong, selfish." I'm going to read this whole thing. I should emphasize every single one of these words. He was headstrong, yes. "Selfish, deceitful, and sometimes cruel. But he turned at least one of those flaws, a tendency to trumpet his own achievements, into an asset. His boast were good advertising." And then this is the sad part. This is why, again, I want to study him. If he's got good ideas, I'll grab them. But most of it's like, "Okay, I'm going to avoid this guy's fate." "Did success make him happy? Probably not. He had few friends, only business associates. His only child was illegitimate. While on his deathbed, with no one at his other side than paid assistants, his wife was with her lover. His objective was neither comfort nor happiness. It was to stack up money until the end. Before he died, he composed his ow

Dynasties David S. Landes Jacob Fugger had no intention of quitting. For many businessmen l'appétit vient en mangeant (Appetite comes with eating) NOTE Great maxim Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived) David Senra Jacob's father died when he was 10. And if it was not for his strong and resourceful mother, he might not have gotten anywhere. Jacob was headstrong, selfish." I'm going to read this whole thing. I should emphasize every single one of these words. He was headstrong, yes. "Selfish, deceitful, and sometimes cruel. But he turned at least one of those flaws, a tendency to…

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