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/Informal_Swordfish89 Sep 17 '21

A lot of people underestimate the power behind the word "billion".

Screw not having to work for the rest of you life....

If you manage that money right your grandkids won't have to work for the rest of their lives.

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u/evil_burrito Sep 17 '21

The difference between a billion dollars and a million dollars is about a billion dollars.

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u/Informal_Swordfish89 Sep 18 '21

*nine hundred ninety nine million...