Fun fact: The richest man in the world circa 1955 was ......a middleman! Naturally. The international oil exploration business used to be that kind of business: https://www.ft.com/content/578a045a-1358-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e …
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More on middleman businesses here: http://www.privateinvestmentbrief.com/blog/the-mystery-of-the-middleman/ …
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If you're looking for more, I would argue that Google and amazon (and their Chinese equivalents) are basically just middlemen. Particularly true for Alibaba.
