On: Everything Paul Buchheit has bought from Amazon in the last 3 years

[pgbovine]

my lame speculation:

a.) once you're that wealthy, i don't think you care too much about 'get rich quick' or 'crazy investment strategies of the week' books anymore. you probably stash your money somewhere safe

b.) i'm sure paul cares a lot more about hacking than the latest fads in finance/investment

[gcheong → pgbovine]

"you probably stash your money somewhere safe".

Yet unless you have a good understanding of basic investment principles (and I mean principles grounded in rigorous theories which you will likely not find in the kinds of books you mention), you won't know what "safe" means.

[kf → pgbovine]

Not to mention he is an active angel investor, which is basically as risky as it can get, so that makes sense to safely diversify.

[mahmud → kf]

This is crucial. He is a tech startup angle, not enough literature for those, it's mostly gut feeling and personal experience. Hard to write valuation texts for this industry.