{"id":92877,"date":"2018-06-30T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-a-billionaire-but-im-not-a-big-spender\/"},"modified":"2018-06-30T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T07:03:48","slug":"im-a-billionaire-but-im-not-a-big-spender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-a-billionaire-but-im-not-a-big-spender\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m a billionaire, but I'm not a big spender\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEntrepreneur David McCourt on buying art, his 30 blue suits, and why he likes living in hotelsI\u2019m not a big spender and I don\u2019t like to talk about my net worth, but if you believe what you read online you\u2019d go with about $1bn. I\u2019ve made money through telecoms and the media. I founded the first competitive phone company in the US, Corporate Communications Network. It merged with MFS Communications, which eventually sold for $14.5bn to WorldCom.A lot of my success is down to luck and the fact I\u2019ve focused on trends rather than fads. Media, communications, technology and sport have been big growth industries, and I like to think I have been involved in disrupting them. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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