You don't think losing $200m of someone else's money hits you like a ton of bricks? Being in the industry he is, I think he could handle a $50k personal loss.

You don't think losing $200m of someone else's money hits you like a ton of bricks? Being in the industry he is, I think he could handle a $50k personal loss. It wouldn't be fun, but it wouldn't be life-ruining. Presumably, when the magnitude of this loss hit him, he assumed his entire career was over. That's a lot more than $50k in earnings, not to mention the personal and professional humiliation.