"Andrew" <yogig.no.spamm.spam.no._ RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/01/30/2008-01-30_speed_demon_to...ruise_a
>
Some super rich types use their wealth to push the technological edge while
others like TC buy their trophy wives another bizjet.
Some of my favourites in the former category are:
Elon Musk and some guys from EBAY/GOOGLE I think, finance/build an electric
car you can get excited about. This should give the big oil guys a shiver.
http://www.teslamotors.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
Sir Richard Branson is into space travel with some help from Burt Rutan and
maybe Mr. Musk via X-prize?
http://www.space.com/news/050727_branson_rutan.html
Robert Bigelow Budget Suites of America millionaire. I think this guy could
be a friend of Bob's (I think he's from Phoenix).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace
In Canada, we have a guy called Mike Lazaridas (the Blackberry guy) at
Research in Motion (RIM) who finances the work of the Perimeter Institute
for Theoretical Physics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics
Rob
KLR650
ps
what ever happened to the Kiwi Brian?
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