If I Was An Investor And I Aquired A Company, Say, Facebook Would That Classify Me As An Entrepreneur?
Posted by Ken Longbridge | Posted in Entrepreneur Q&A | Posted on 06-02-2010
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I want to know if ordinary investors who build massive fortunes in stocks and then one day decide they want to buy a company because they want it, for example; if I was an investor who had $10 billion to spare and I successfully managed to buy out facebook and took full ownership of it myself, would this then make me, or classify me as an entrepreneur?
No. Entrepreneurs are the ones usually starting the company from scratch. You are Investor, arbitrageur.. maybe.
Ordinary investors did not build massive fortunes.
Someone who buys out a start-up is generally not considered an entrepreneur.
It depends.
If you actually run the company – maybe
If you have a management staff doing everything and you are just the money-man, than no.
I would think not. An entrepreneur is someone who creates.