To consider 35% a lot, it's not considered merely "probable" by most financial folks. It's simply too easy to compare to and see that relatively few businesses

To consider 35% a lot, it's not considered merely "probable" by most financial folks. It's simply too easy to compare to and see that relatively few businesses are higher. It's really a business dream come true. There's no way to support your reasoning on even roughly estimating their costs by bootstrap deduction, without more information. Maybe a single person could have compensation valued at 100 million dollars. Yes, it happens not to founders but to employees. Cost of sales at a large revenue company like this is usually very high. Top performing sales people are extremely well compensated. It's possible you've guessed correctly, I'm just saying there no reason to assume it's even roughly accurate from your premise. The bottom line is their very existence go against the concept of maximizing shared scientific knowledge. They also apparently consider unethical smear campaigns a standard business tactic.