Hi Mike,
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How old were you when you made your first million?
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I hope 31 ;-) because then I would be making it before my next birtday. We've been reinvesting our money ;-)
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Why do you think it is that the two largest TGP's (Thehun & Worldsex) are owned by non-Americans? Perhaps just luck?
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Both dutch actually, I have no idea. Probably dutch were early in this business because working in the adult biz is not a really big thing down here.
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Is your entire family aware of what you do and are they ok with it?
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Yep, about everyone I know, knows what we're doing, family, friends, accountants, banks etc. Only my direct neighbours don't, but I do that for my daughter. In a country where about everything is legal and only like 30%of the population is going to a church, having an adult website is not that problematic. Some facts about the Netherlands:
Drugs are legal, or at least allowed for personal use.
You can take up to 40 grams of weed I believe for personal use with you, you can even go to a cop, and ask him to hold it for you while you tie your laces.
You can have some amount of heroine/ cocaine with you for personal use (can't remember how much).
Abortion is allowed
Gay mariages are allowed
Euthanasia is allowed (we have rules though)
So we don't really get all upset about porn...fortunately.
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Do you make more than your parents? (I'm guessing yes)
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They're retired, so it wouldn't be a good thing if I wasn't ;-)
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If you had to start all over online today, do you think you would be able to achieve the same level of success that you enjoy now?
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If I could make the same deal as with worldsex, for sure, especially as I know a lot more people now, but those are quite rare ;-) So maybe yes.
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Do you operate any offline brick and mortar businesses?
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Yes, we have a tele marketing company as well. We're waiting for the next market boom though. At the moment that market is kinda slow. But when economy is going up, we expect roughly similar profit margins as with adult internet, maybe even better.
regards
Pierre