OMQ4 t1_issyie4 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 2:03 PM

Reply to comment by Garrison1999 in TIL the Empire State Building opened during the Depression, and took 20 years to become profitable. by licking-windows

100% , also Tesla has been around since 2003 and didn’t become profitable untill like a year ago… that’s crazy!

OMQ4 t1_issxt2r wrote on October 18, 2022 at 1:58 PM

Reply to comment by Garrison1999 in TIL the Empire State Building opened during the Depression, and took 20 years to become profitable. by licking-windows

From a quick google search:

“Tesla then took profitability to the next level when it announced a $1.19 billion profit in the second quarter of 2021 (with $354 million coming from credit sales). Tesla ended 2021 with a net income of $5.51 billion (a 665% increase from 2020).”