Quote: mapleyther "The issue for me though is that he has a Phd in engineering. What relevance does that have to either being a rich businessman, a racehorse owner or the owner of one (or more!) RL clubs? Answer zero. So why use it at all - if he was a university lecturer whose job depended on it, then fair enough.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, a designation/title I'm quite proud of - and at least as difficult to obtain as a Phd - but I don't put FCA after my name every time it is used, only where it is relevant. Nothing at all to do with jealousy, simply feel that there is some bragging about it...'"
Maybe that's where you went wrong he uses his qualification and becomes a rich business man and racehorse owner and you didn't and became a wage slave.