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Other tech pioneers who rode off into the sunset: Blackberry co-founder (sold stock when iPhone launched), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fregin https:/

Other tech pioneers who rode off into the sunset: Blackberry co-founder (sold stock when iPhone launched), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fregin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fregin Facebook co-founder (pushed out), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin MySpace founder (pushed out after sale), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Anderson, "If you knew me before Myspace, you'd probably thought I'd have been a scholar teaching philosophy in a university my whole life. If you met me before college, you'd probably have thought I'd be a musician for my entire life ... I like change.

simonebrunozzi 1y ago
I met Saverin at a private event not long ago. I had high expectations, I came out deeply disappointed. He didn't share any interesting insight, and essentially avoided any confrontation or controversy in the discussion - even if it was completely private and non-recorded.
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herval 1y ago
Trivia: Saverin still owns 2% of Facebook. He’s currently the richest Brazilian (and of Singapore, where he lives), according to multiple sources. Now _that_ is how you ride off into the sunset!
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago
  >Trivia: Saverin still owns 2% of Facebook. It also helps that he was financially well off before Facebook too and could afford top lawyers. I imagine things would have gone differently if he were some broke immigrant kid on a visa, getting buried by Zuck's lawyers. Justice may be blind, but it's definitely not free.
  - brettgriffin 1y ago
    What is the point of this hypothetical? Why do we care about the outcome of a situation that you conjured up that wasn't reality? Is the insight here that people with resources have advantages?
  - herval 1y ago
    He wouldn’t even be in Zuckerberg’s circle if his family wasn’t wealthy to begin with. Life isn’t fair, who could’ve guessed that?
    - FirmwareBurner 1y ago
      True, the reason Zuck wen to to him is because he was wealthy(and part of the same Jewish fraternity).
  - bko 1y ago
    It helps to be knowledgeable about this stuff. But since so much was at stake, couldn't you find a lawyer that would work on some kind of contingency?
whyenot 1y ago
There is also Michael Scott, Apple’s first CEO. He didn’t necessarily ride out into the sunset as much as being pushed out into it after some very controversial mass layoffs. He’s a neighbor and purchased several homes near me. One, a large estate, he demolished and turned into a pond and fruit orchard. Another he turned into an office and lab space for his interest in gemstones. It’s actually been quite a while since i last saw him. I wonder if he is still living over there.

simonebrunozzi 1y ago

I met Saverin at a private event not long ago. I had high expectations, I came out deeply disappointed. He didn't share any interesting insight, and essentially avoided any confrontation or controversy in the discussion - even if it was completely private and non-recorded.

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herval 1y ago

Trivia: Saverin still owns 2% of Facebook. He’s currently the richest Brazilian (and of Singapore, where he lives), according to multiple sources. Now _that_ is how you ride off into the sunset!

FirmwareBurner 1y ago
>Trivia: Saverin still owns 2% of Facebook. It also helps that he was financially well off before Facebook too and could afford top lawyers. I imagine things would have gone differently if he were some broke immigrant kid on a visa, getting buried by Zuck's lawyers. Justice may be blind, but it's definitely not free.
- brettgriffin 1y ago
  What is the point of this hypothetical? Why do we care about the outcome of a situation that you conjured up that wasn't reality? Is the insight here that people with resources have advantages?
- herval 1y ago
  He wouldn’t even be in Zuckerberg’s circle if his family wasn’t wealthy to begin with. Life isn’t fair, who could’ve guessed that?
  - FirmwareBurner 1y ago
    True, the reason Zuck wen to to him is because he was wealthy(and part of the same Jewish fraternity).
- bko 1y ago
  It helps to be knowledgeable about this stuff. But since so much was at stake, couldn't you find a lawyer that would work on some kind of contingency?

whyenot 1y ago

There is also Michael Scott, Apple’s first CEO. He didn’t necessarily ride out into the sunset as much as being pushed out into it after some very controversial mass layoffs. He’s a neighbor and purchased several homes near me. One, a large estate, he demolished and turned into a pond and fruit orchard. Another he turned into an office and lab space for his interest in gemstones. It’s actually been quite a while since i last saw him. I wonder if he is still living over there.