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kennywinker on Dec 20, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the Winklevoss Twins Found Vindication in a Bi...

It's not really risky if you're already rich and you only stand to be "slightly less rich" if you bet wrong.

raverbashing on Dec 20, 2017 [–]

It's not one or the other

If you settlement was 10Mi (example), sell 1Mi shares in cash: congrats, you're rich now, then invest the remaining 9Mi in higher risk stuff

kennywinker on Dec 20, 2017 | [–]

The impression I got from the documentary film "The Social Network" was that they were already pretty well off even before the fb settlement.

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