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Jim Jannard- 113th Richest American

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By making RED and selling it at this price, JJ has already shared a lot of his hard earned money with all of us. For this I am thankful, because he has equipped many of us with an affordable tool valued way beyond our spending powers with any other camera maker.
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
Obviously that Jim Jannard is a Visionary Man.

"Net Worth $2,800 million Source Oakley, Red Digital Cinema,
Self Made
Age 60
Hometown San Juan Islands, United States
Marital Status Divorced, remarried; 4 children Education (U of Southern Cal, Drop Out)


Sunglasses maven hawked motorcycle grips from car trunk 1975. Moved to eyewear 1983;
built brand enticing hotshot athletes to sport his trendy Oakley sunglasses. Took "The O" public 1995.
Focused on cutting-edge optics technology; some Oakley glasses can withstand a shotgun blast.
Sold company to Italian rival Luxottica for $2.1 billion in 2007.
Today spends time focused on Red Digital HD camera company.
Outfit the first to offer "affordable" high-definition digital cinema cameras to the masses;
Red One camera sells for $17,500. Cameras used on movie sets by A-list directors,
including Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings), Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven)."


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James Jannard>>>Forbes>>400 richest Americans>>
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Jim is officially my Idol!!! after seeing this! I didnt know he was 60! I was sold after working with the red one! Im getting the epic soon as they r available for sale!! I will be gunning for that spot soonest Jim so watch out!

since we live in the internet age this form of direct communication btw jim and the folks at red with the consumers is cutting-edge esp in the cam sector and we appreciate it
 
It is never about what you have... it is about what you do.

I actually think wealth is an obstacle to happiness. It often leads to excessive pride and assholiness... along with other generally undesirable maladies. Who really likes the rich guy anyway? Rich guys are not rock stars, although many would like to think they are. In the end, we all end up in about the same size box... or blowing in the wind. What's so important about that?

(I'm NOT 60... I'm NOT 60... ugh)

Jim
 
Well not quite, when Henry VIII's body was being transported to his burial site it actually exploded from trapped gas. Where on earth am I leading this conversation? I do apologise.
 
Jannard said:
It is never about what you have... it is about what you do.

I actually think wealth is an obstacle to happiness. It often leads to excessive pride and assholiness... along with other generally undesirable maladies. Who really likes the rich guy anyway? Rich guys are not rock stars, although many would like to think they are. In the end, we all end up in about the same size box... or blowing in the wind. What's so important about that?

(I'm NOT 60... I'm NOT 60... ugh)

Jim
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Jim, one thing for sure is that you can still choose to live on without doing anything and not getting broke. Thankfully you did not - otherwise we will not have this Red to give us blokes a new way to earn some incomes to live on. Lim
 
Jannard said:
(I'm NOT 60... I'm NOT 60... ugh)
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It's never about how old you are... it's about how old you feel!

(after 36 hours of writing straight to finish my thesis and then finally handing it in, yesterday, I altered between feeling like a euphoric 8-year-old and a wiped-out geezer...)


About wealth:
I think it depends on the scale of wealth. Wealth for me is from that point on where you don't have to worry if you can afford a place to live and food, cloths (etc.) for the rest of your life and maybe a few things like, an education for your children and then whatever makes you happy (like a 3k-camera to express yourself with or going to see the world every now and then).
 
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Jim,

I really love that fact that you are using your "assets" to transform this industry.
You back this change with so much passion it can only be viewed as goodness.
 
Jannard said:
It is never about what you have... it is about what you do.

I actually think wealth is an obstacle to happiness. It often leads to excessive pride and assholiness... along with other generally undesirable maladies. Who really likes the rich guy anyway? Rich guys are not rock stars, although many would like to think they are. In the end, we all end up in about the same size box... or blowing in the wind. What's so important about that?

(I'm NOT 60... I'm NOT 60... ugh)

Jim
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I agree. What you have done for me, at least, is to show you can do something worthwhile and help the majority of all in the process. If most people lived, and worked that way, the world would be a better place. Thank you.

To answer your last question(even though its rhetorical). What is important is how you lived, and did you help others. You have.
 
Let's hope Jim isn't getting ready to retire any time soon...
 
I think he is setting an example for a US industrial renaissance and take back technical leadership and dominance in an important industry from one of our main competitors. I have no doubt that Mr. Jannard will not only make it to the Singularity and live forever, but make important contributions to it, with ideas already brewing in his mind.
 
I view Jim's financial resources as an assurance that Red Digital Cinema is insulated from many of the forces that can destroy an innovative company.

You would never know from chatting with him that he has his own plane. I met a humble, normal guy that is rightly very proud of his products and very sensitive to his customers' needs and concerns. I also suspect that this type of discussion makes him terribly uncomfortable.
 
Jeff Coatney said:
I view Jim's financial resources as an assurance that Red Digital Cinema is insulated from many of the forces that can destroy an innovative company.

You would never know from chatting with him that he has his own plane. I met a humble, normal guy that is rightly very proud of his products and very sensitive to his customers' needs and concerns. I also suspect that this type of discussion makes him terribly uncomfortable.
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Well said. I think we can close this up now ... not a whole lot more one could/should add. :closed2ur0:
 
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