whiteowl wrote:MaichBlack wrote:At $60 Billion (In Apple Stock Only) Ronald Wayne would be the 5th wealthiest person in the world behind Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Warren Buffett and Amancio Ortega. Fifth Wealthiest in the world!!!
But what does he do now? He sells stamps and rare coins. That one decision totally changed everything! And what's worse? He resisted Steve Jobs' attempts to get him to return!!!
You can't really blame him. Not everyone is cut out for entrepreneurship, it comes with a lot of stress even when you're successful. but a couple billion dollars can go a long way in helping you cope with the stress.
He didn't have to do anything!!!!
He could have walked and kept the 10%. And in any case, his JD was to provide administrative oversight. But even after leaving, he couldn't have lost his 10%.
See this story on the Graffiti artist who painted Facebook offices and chose to be paid in shares instead of $60,000/=. At the time of the Facebook IPO, those shares were worth
hundreds of millions of dollars!
Graffiti Artist could be worth $500 million!Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.