Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?
Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?
Stuff like this is why old money laughs at new money.
Of course, if Notch doesn’t have kids, what’s he holding on to it for…
Far be it from me to demand frugality from a billionaire. It would have been wiser to waste money without simultaneously scoring an “own goal” on his mental health, though…
No one is really ready to get a check for $2.5B.
That $70M house was 2.8% of his payout from Microsoft. That would be like someone with $10M buying a $280,000 house. The house wasn’t that crazy of a purchase in terms of price, but didn’t do anything to help give him ties to a community, which is probably what he really needed. Maybe he thought it would get him into the Hollywood community, but he was a fish out of water.