Since people have enjoyed this type of content, I’m coming back today with the calculation of the net worth of another “discreet” personality: Paul Graham.
Paul Graham has never said how much money he had, he’s never bought anything expensive like a jet or a yacht, and he doesn’t wear more than $50 of clothes at once.
It also seems like he lives in a normal house in England, drives his sons to school when he’s not writing essays, and has no chefs, butlers, or living assistants like Neil Patel.
NB: there isn’t much financial information about Paul Graham’s ventures, so I always remained conservative in my estimations.
He was the co-founder of Viaweb, the equivalent of Shopify that was subsequently bought (and sunk) by Yahoo for $49 million in 1998.
Graham had two co-founders in Viaweb. Assuming he held just 10% of the company (he likely held more), this means he made $4.8 million selling it to Yahoo.