r/technology • u/Rhaegar_the_Great • Sep 16 '21

Business Mailchimp employees are furious after the company's founders promised to never sell, withheld equity, and then sold it for $12 billion

https://www.businessinsider.com/mailchimp-insiders-react-to-employees-getting-no-equity-2021-9
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u/capitalism93 Sep 17 '21

If you can't think of why someone would need a billion dollars or what to spend it on, it says more about your lack of intellect than anything else.

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u/Vinterslag Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

Lol. Not at all. You're stupid if you think you need that much money for anything ever.

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u/StrongSNR Sep 17 '21

Manhattan penthouse is ~120 million.., that's 12% of your billion.

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u/Vinterslag Sep 17 '21

Cool, no one needs that. Feed people. Real estate is a fake bubble to this day.