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He only made 300m. Us other MySQL employees (about 250) shared crumbs for that purchase (VPs excepted). He screwed us, but he never had respect for us - "people are lazy and greedy" (https://www.pythian.com/blog/mysql-ceo-marten-mickos-intervi...) . Then he promised he would fix the mistake he made with Maria by being more generous. Ha.

Funny use of the word 'only'.

Here's the actual interview less the blogspam http://archive.fortune.com/2006/05/31/magazines/fortune/mysq...

Sad to hear that. Being an employee mostly sucks in Sweden.

(If you put some (throwaway?) contact email in your profile I'd be interested to trade stories/old gossip via phone over the weekend; it seems like we worked in similar markets over similar times.)

Same reason plenty of rich people take investment for their own companies?

If you make a fortune and then turn around and invest that fortune into a new project, you no longer have your fortune.

Meaning, he's probably limited his investments into the new company.