If you were rich, which companies would you buy?

by ismailsevik on 5/1/2024, 12:29:29 AM with 8 comments
If you were very rich, which companies would you buy? I would initially buy Blogger, Google Workspace, Pocket, Google Podcasts, Artifact, and The Verge.

  • by gnabgib on 5/1/2024, 12:41:10 AM

    The only one of these that is a company, is Artifact.

      - Blogger, bought by google 2003[0]
  - Google Workspace, a product by Google
  - Pocket, a product by Mozilla
  - Google Podcasts, a former product by Google
  - Artifact, possibly the reason for your post[1]
  - The Verge, a product by Vox
    [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger_(service) [1]: https://paulgraham.com/submarine.html

  • by carlos-menezes on 5/1/2024, 12:31:16 AM

    It's more than likely that one of my purchases would be a low tier football club which allows me to play Football Manager in real life.

  • by iwanttocomment on 5/1/2024, 12:35:56 AM

    I'm rooting for you to get rich so you can buy The Verge and change that ridiculously terrible condensed font they use for the lead headlines.

    I don't understand how Nilay Patel goes a single day without being introduced to someone who says "Oh yeah, I love The Verge! But, I want to be forthright here... that font."

  • by m463 on 5/1/2024, 5:55:33 AM

    it's hard to buy a company without hurting it.

    You take away agency, and the "special sauce" people may cash out.

  • by FrankWilhoit on 5/1/2024, 12:30:03 AM

    You mean, in order to shut them down?