Forbes list of Billionaires

[Curran Giddens]

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_James-Jannard_S37W.html

Jim is definitely the coolest of all the billionaires. Now up to $3B (ranked #316)! Congrats on all your success.

[Kwan Khan]

$3.0 bil... Congratulation sir

[Luis Ismael]

#317 Right Here! ;)

[Cüneyt Kaya]

wow these suckers did forget me!

[Jim Hoffman]

Kind of weird to have your info published though isn't it? I wouldn't want mine out there like that in this world.

[David Rasberry]

Nice to have a comfortable nest egg in this economy eh? Maybe that island in Fiji isn't so far out of reach after all.:thumbup1:

[Andrew M.]

Nice picture Jim.
Cool....

[Brad Webb]

$3B, that's a lot of FU money

[Shawn Nelson]

Way to go Jim! Dang, the scope of that is intense. Basically me buying a latte & scone at Starbucks impacts my bottom line the same as him buying a set of Cooke S4s. Holy shit. Or if I drop a quarter I've lost the same amount as if he had bought two Macbook Pros. It is good to be king. So glad he's using this to push forward cinema, some of those other Forbes guys could take a real lesson here.

[Christian Edwards]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95fNgx8aCS8&feature=youtube_gdata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaCQKJpE9k&feature=youtube_gdata

[Marc Berger]

How many Red One´s you get for that?

[michael zaletel]

One thing I've learned from watching Mr. Jannard and RED is that there are some things money just can't buy. I don't mean that in the traditional sense either in terms of happiness or whatever. I mean that many of us think if we just had enough money, then we could get our invention or our film or or product to market. If it was just about money, EPIC would have been shipping by the hundreds a year ago. It's inspiring actually because it should encourage us all to focus on solving the engineering problems, technical challenges, production logistics and design constraints that can't be solved with money so that when the money comes, money will be all that it takes. I have a feeling that if we do that, and have faith, the money will come.

-michael zaletel

[Gavin Greenwalt]

What I like about Jim is that he not only made his billions, he literally MADE his billions.

There are a lot of bullshit billionaires out there who either just were handed their money when their parents died or by riding other people's creativity in the stock market. They didn't actually create a product or service they just were really good and or lucky at shuffling money around.

Oakley made a great product. It sold well. The creators were rewarded. I feel like a lot of that is lost in the modern economy where substandard crappy products compete with one another not on quality or value but on which executive was able to cut $10m a year in costs by reducing lunch break by 45 seconds. Too many seem more interested in cutting expenses than generating revenue as if the very act of running the business was more important than finding and pleasing customers.

[Curran Giddens]

What I like about Jim is that he not only made his billions, he literally MADE his billions.

Yup. Being a billionaire doesn't impress me unless it is a self-made billionaire. And making money in the stock market doesn't count as you're not actually making anything. There are very few people that I can consider a role model these days, and Jim is up there at the top.

[Steve Das]

Shocking thing on that list was that #1 Carlos Slim has made $1.5 Billion every month
for the past year..no wonder..Mexico has the highest phone rates of any country
in the world.

But guys..come on..figure it out..if that list was anywhere on
Jannard's radar Red One would be $35k instead of $17.5k . Red as a company seems
designed more on what would happen if you sprinkled digital cinema cameras
like fairy dust over the world...what would spring up and sprout. So put away lists and
get out and shoot..sure they'd rather see links to Red projects than to Forbes on here.

But kinda biggest surprise on that list was George Lucas at
3 billion despite ILM and all those damn Star Wars toys..then again heard way
back he used to be into Ferraris.

[Shawn Nelson]

But guys..come on..figure it out..if that list was anywhere on
Jannard's radar Red One would be $35k instead of $17.5k . Red as a company seems
designed more on what would happen if you sprinkled digital cinema cameras
like fairy dust over the world...what would spring up and sprout. So put away lists and
get out and shoot..sure they'd rather see links to Red projects than to Forbes on here.


Not really. There's a little thing called the supply and demand curve...you can actually make more money by selling more items for less. I can tell you right now that if the Red one body had been $35k that would have kicked me out plus a TON of Red owners I know. I think he picked the right price. Jim understands quantity and mass market. This is why i always try to ask for things cheaper :-)

[scott william]

I must say Oakley sunglasses arn't what they used to be. I remember thinking the M Frames were the most best cool thing i had ever seen when they first came out. I think costner even had a pair in 'The postman'.

[Gavin Greenwalt]

There would be no such thing as a "REDUser" forum if it cost $50k a camera for the body.

[R.ChilD]

Yup. Being a billionaire doesn't impress me unless it is a self-made billionaire............ There are very few people that I can consider a role model these days, and Jim is up there at the top.

my thoughts exactly especially the role model thing....Jim is certainly a role model...........Jim Ill be joingin ya on that list soon.....a shot on scarlet movie might be a catalyst....real soon.....untill then, "Jim for president" everybody!

[KETCH ROSSi]

...and the EPIC and SCARLET are not even out yet, and RED STUDIO HOLLYWOOD sure seems promising towards some more BAD A%! KICKING.. so go Jim, we are with you!

[KETCH ROSSi]

wow these suckers did forget me!

LOL.

[Emanuel A.]

Not really. There's a little thing called the supply and demand curve...you can actually make more money by selling more items for less. I can tell you right now that if the Red one body had been $35k that would have kicked me out plus a TON of Red owners I know. I think he picked the right price. Jim understands quantity and mass market. This is why i always try to ask for things cheaper :-)Shawn,

You couldn't be more fair right.

Thats' why Scarlet is a way more interesting than Epic (for same sensor size format ;-)

Technology is not everything but to get an affordable product (for many) can be.

At least, the difference between to have or not to have.
It is the only way to make the dreams to become true.

E. :-)

[Frank Weeks]

I just noticed Jim was ahead of both Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey. Somehow I fine that very cool.

and tied with Spielberg and Lucas

[Jeff Coatney]

I especially like the part about lenses that can withstand shotgun blasts. Which makes the question of whether Red can make a professional cinema lens all the more ridiculous.

[Marc Berger]

How many Red One´s you get for that?

Okay, I have to answer my own question: One

It´s a very good feeling RDC is standing on strong legs.