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>>Levandowski was paid a bonus of $120 million while at Google, which is more money than any reasonable person will need for several lifetimes. $120 Mil is abo
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
>>Levandowski was paid a bonus of $120 million while at Google, which is more money than any reasonable person will need for several lifetimes.
$120 Mil is about half after taxes. Or nothing, depending on the crowd Levandowski hang out with or wanted to join. Private jets, Aspen ranches etc etc cost a lot of money... IMO he felt he would get away with it and become a billionaire. Fame and billions might not let you enjoy your tens of millions.
- dpark 7y ago> $120 Mil is about half after taxes. Or nothing, depending on the crowd Levandowski hang out with or wanted to join. Taxes don’t increase or decrease based on the “crowd you want to join”.
- amaranth 7y agoI think they meant $60m is "nothing" for that crowd due to the insane expenses involved in living like that.
- dpark 7y agoSure. But that’s an absurd response to the assertion that it’s “enough for any reasonable person for several lifetimes”. Sure, you could potentially burn $60 million on private jet service and an army of personal waitstaff. For that matter you could also literally burn $60 million cash in a fire. But most probably wouldn’t consider these “reasonable” behaviors.
- onetimemanytime 7y ago>>Sure. But that’s an absurd response to the assertion that it’s “enough for any reasonable person for several lifetimes”. The response assumed that he was NOT a "reasonable person" and wanted to move to the billionaire status. Almost did it, atually
- sushid 7y agoI mean he was rubbing shoulders with SV giants worth tens of billions at the time. He probably felt like he could do better than paltry hundreds of millions.