I'm presuming you are talking about a generic "you", and not referring to me personally, because I've been working in (mostly) mission-driven companies for a decade. I do take a hit on my compensation and wealth for it, with my spouse and children by my side the whole time.

But granted, mission-driven people are less common. To the point that many people who are not fundamentally mission-driven truly do not comprehend that some of us are. We all have our own motivations.

Props to you. I suspect there are more of 'you' (the literal you) than you think, but - and that's the trick - they don't go advertising it.

Can you name some of the companies? Would love to hear some of them considering every company thinks they are “mission-driven”.

Instagram did that. However for social networks you make money from ads, so they’re rotten in a different way.

The hell they did. They took the money and ran.

https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instag...

I am dumb. I was thinking about Snapchat. Sorry.

What do you mean? Instagram was bought by Facebook in 2012 for $1 Billion. So they literally looked the billion dollars in the eye and said "OK!"