Not if you’d sell them too :)

opportunities aren't really a function of money in particular in the software world. You need a good project, good people and whatnot, but you don't need 18 billion dollars for your next company.

In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy. A lot of ideas are the products of inventiveness in the face of constraints and a sense of urgency. There is a lot of super-wealthy 30 year olds that have emerged out of the big IPOs and a lot of them have basically retired.

"In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy"

Honestly, that sounds like propaganda telling poor people to be happier with their lot in life. Who says they'd put 18 billion towards their next company anyway?

Retiring is not bad. Some complex and deep ideas cannot be brought to fruit in urgency but need years of mulling over.

I don't expect every billionaire to do things of this nature, but I counter with Bill Gates and Elon Musk.

Myself? Definitely retirement. And race cars.