Billionaires aren't people.

Exactly. I’m sure there were regrets and sadness about the time he’s lost to family and friends and being young. But it effectively paid off. If he shared his wealth those people and left tomorrow to make up for lost time it will be a very very net positive life.

But he’s in his current role. Reminding us this billionaire use to be human but we don’t care. Because it’s such an unfathomable amount of wealth for most people he* might as well be fictional.

"I am simply a humble billionaire. In comparison to other billionaires, I'm just a small yacht of about 50 rooms in a sea of mega yachts. We are all the same. "

A billion a year is something most people would trade for.

I mean, I'd be done after 1, but hey, that's just me.

I'll play a sad song on the smallest violin. Many people lose their entire lives to shitty jobs, he is out of touch.

Hey, same here …checks bank account for $35B … still nope

EVERYONE loses 30 years to "work". So?? Give me 35 billion I'll co.pain too I guess.

Yeah but now he’s worth 35 billion. He could set a million dollars on fire every day for the next 50 years and still have another million to spend that day. Life doesn’t get much more meaningful than that. /s

I mean, I agree, I'm not going to be losing any sleep worrying about the unsatisfied billionaires. But what he's saying is that given the cost (losing 30 years of his life) the 'reward' ($35 billion) wasn't enough. He's not saying he doesn't like or want the money, he's saying its not enough to give up your life for.

If anything, it would explain why rich people keep pursuing money long after any sane person would be content with their millions/billions. Maybe if you just get given a few million you could be satisfied with it, but if you've had to sacrifice your life, friends, morality and so on to get it... And you realise it doesn't actually make you happy, so you keep chasing more, hoping that eventually enough will be enough. Better that than realising you're an idiot who fell for capitalism's big lie and gave up the stuff that actually mattered in life to get more numbers on a sheet.

Being so unpleasant to work with one of their partners decided to just drop the bulk of their revenue so they didn't have to work with them anymore might also make things more difficult.