> One day, he proposed, the company could “solve the problem of children without parents,” and from there go onto other causes such as eradicating world hunger.

>Mr. Neumann has told several people over the past two years that a personal goal is to become the world’s first trillionaire.

Am I the only person to think these two ambitions may be somewhat at odds? Or rather, they both seem to be egomaniacal in nature, and being an egomaniac doesn't seem to lend itself to solving nearly impossibly hard problems.

Maybe after he has his exit, he'll put his money with his mouth is and start working full time on a foundation like Bill Gates.