Understandably by Bill Murphy Jr.

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Billionaire Christmas

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Hi all. I almost didn’t write today, but I’m glad I did, in part because of top “other read” you’ll find below—by a 52-year-old U.S. Navy SEAL who is now a freshman at Yale University. 

I’d love to interview him at some point, and I’ll go out on a limb and suggest he’ll probably get a book deal out of this experience and this essay. Well worth a click. 

First, something else…

It's almost Christmas. So, just for fun, I dug through the archives and came up with examples of some of the so-called Masters of the Universe that I wind up writing about at Inc., and how they say they’ve spent Christmases past.

There’s nary a ski trip or a Caribbean island on the list. But, if you’ve ever wondered what people like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs do on Christmas, here are a few anecdotes.

For those who celebrate: Merry Christmas Eve! (For everyone else, happy day off!)

Warren Buffett: Working hard

Warren Buffett simply worked through Christmas in 1969. That year, he was hustling to dissolv…

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