alt Hacker News> That worked out very, very well for him
Amazing.
[The Amidi family through] its various holdings and brands, currently owns and manages more than 1 million square feet of real estate space along with assets under management exceeding $2 billion.
Yes. Startups which started with office space above one of his carpet stores include Logitech, Google, and PayPal. Plus, one of the carpet stores became the first Apple Store location, before Apple built the glass box.
This guy was really good at picking winners.