Money can buy a lot of things. Oceanfront homes. Private jets. A $200 million dorm project with thousands of beds and almost no windows. What it apparently cannot buy is universal applause, and Charlie Munger seemed perfectly fine with that trade.
When backlash erupted over the longtime Berkshire Hathaway vice chair's controversial student housing design for the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2021, Munger did not launch a polished apology tour or suddenly pivot into people-pleasing mode. Instead, he delivered the kind of quote that sounded perfectly on-brand for a billionaire famous for blunt opinions and zero interest in sugarcoating them.
"You've got to get used to the fact that billionaires aren't the most popular people in our society," Munger told MarketWatch in 2021. "I'd rather be a billionaire and not be loved by everybody than not have any money."
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