"A couple of years later when the company had an exit, of the 35+ people that were there when I left, only four that I new (including the two founders) actually

"A couple of years later when the company had an exit, of the 35+ people that were there when I left, only four that I new (including the two founders) actually remained." Assuming it was a good exit, those 2 are some shrewd (and despicable) founders.