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> "If money was the only thing that I wanted, there are many ways I could've done that. But it was much more important to do what appealed to me."

Seems like he was happy with the decision, he doesn't strike me as particularly materialistic.

One doesn't need to be materialistic to feel regret about missing the chance to acquire money. Maybe he has philanthropic goals that will go unmet, maybe he has startup ideas that capital could've helped test, etc.

From his wikipedia page it does seem like it

>In the early 1990s Wayne sold the original Apple company agreement, signed in 1976 by Jobs, Wozniak and himself, for $500. In 2011 the contract was sold at auction for $1.6 million.