> Ravikant was born in New Delhi, India in 1974. He moved to New York with his mother and his brother, Kamal, when he was 9. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1991.[6]
He didn’t grow up poor in India. He went to Stuyvesant in NYC - one of the most prestigious high schools in the world.
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> His father was a pharmacist in India, but his pharmacist credentials were not acceptable to practice pharmacy in the United States. Both of Ravikants parents did clerical work in New York City after their move to New York City. Shortly after moving to New York City, Ravikant's parents split up, leaving his mother responsible for raising him and his brother for the majority of their childhoods.
They weren’t poor. Never were poor. I don’t know if maybe a pharmacist in India is a worthless job that is comparable to a subsistence farmer but in the US, it pays pretty well.
We all have different versions of poor but I think subsistence farmer when I hear poor - not the version I’ve heard from many people in India where if you clean your own house, you must be poor.
He didn’t grow up poor in India. He went to Stuyvesant in NYC - one of the most prestigious high schools in the world.
In another article:
> His father was a pharmacist in India, but his pharmacist credentials were not acceptable to practice pharmacy in the United States. Both of Ravikants parents did clerical work in New York City after their move to New York City. Shortly after moving to New York City, Ravikant's parents split up, leaving his mother responsible for raising him and his brother for the majority of their childhoods.
They weren’t poor. Never were poor. I don’t know if maybe a pharmacist in India is a worthless job that is comparable to a subsistence farmer but in the US, it pays pretty well.
We all have different versions of poor but I think subsistence farmer when I hear poor - not the version I’ve heard from many people in India where if you clean your own house, you must be poor.