Shaquille O'Neal Jeff Bezos investing advice
Shaquille O'Neal revealed the investing tip from Jeff Bezos that earned him a fortune. He admitted, "I used to go to all these conferences cause I wanted to feel smart. You want to be smart, hang around smart people." Shaq explained that this advice came from Bezos years before he founded Amazon. The full clip is available at and the original post is at
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I remember, like I used to go to all these conferences because I wanted to feel smart. You want to be smart, hang around smart people. So this was when Jeff Bezos, years before he created Amazon, he said, you invest in things, it's going to change people's lives. Because at that point, I was investing in ghetto shit and crazy shit and was losing. Shirts with pinstripes. Yeah, like I was trying to get rich quick. Yeah, yeah. So he said, you invest in things, it's going to change people's lives. So Ring was the first one, did another one, then I came across this. I was like, this is definitely gonna change people's lives. And this helps you get to it quicker.
