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Re:Founder Sold His Startup for $575M in Cash and Gets to Ke... by Jarwain on Monday August 29, 2016 @06:29PM (#12385972)
Well tax is applied anyways, whether it all goes to a single person or is split among multiple founders. Every penny is hyperbole, but gets the point across; he didn't have to split the profit with anyone else.
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Re:Founder Sold His Startup for $575M in Cash and Gets to Ke... by cpncrunch on Monday August 29, 2016 @07:11PM (#12386173)
OP was just pointing out that the title is inaccurate/misleading. He didn't get to keep every penny as he will have to pay about $137M in tax if my calculations are correct.
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