You don't think losing $200m of someone else's money hits you like a ton of bricks? Being in the industry he is, I think he could handle a $50k personal loss. It wouldn't be fun, but it wouldn't be life-ruining. Presumably, when the magnitude of this loss hit him, he assumed his entire career was over. That's a lot more than $50k in earnings, not to mention the personal and professional humiliation.
Exactly. Plus, the title doesn't imply it's his money. The second you find out his job you know he lost $200 million of others' money. The number plus losses by those who trusted his skill let the impact sink in.
Yea the title should really be "what I learned from losing $200 million of other people's money"
Except he actually ended up making (the other people) money.