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# Forbes: How does a dollar billionaire think? Knowledge is the solution to evil, he says about his support for education

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Even at Forbes, we do not meet self-made dollar billionaires every day—sometimes not even every month. Meet the enterprising Singaporean intellectual who co-founded the security unicorn Acronis. And a sizable one at that: last summer, following a quarter-billion-dollar investment from BlackRock, it was valued at $3.5…

17/02/2023 · 1 min read · ZEBR.ai editorial team

Even at Forbes, we do not meet self-made dollar billionaires every day—sometimes not even every month. Meet the enterprising Singaporean intellectual who co-founded the security unicorn Acronis. And a sizable one at that: last summer, following a quarter-billion-dollar investment from BlackRock, it was valued at $3.5 billion. However, Serge Bell is known for always having more than one iron in the fire. How does he think, and what is he betting on now?

[**More here.**](https://forbes.cz/jak-uvazuje-dolarovy-miliardar-vedeni-je-resenim-zla-rika-o-sve-podpore-vzdelavani/)

Article author: ZEBR.ai editorial team

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