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Old 10-12-2004, 10:54 AM
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Default Re: Paul Phillips net worth

Check this out, Paul Phillips is the King of Bling!


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Old 10-12-2004, 01:42 PM
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While I will guess the bling is fake [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] (really?!), he is drinking starbucks coffee in the pic, so... that means he is AT LEAST worth $25 million. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 10-12-2004, 08:35 PM
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Indeed. I hope Paul doesn't mind me photo-shopping him. I also wonder if he will respond to this thread... c'mon Paul, are we getting warmer? $30M?

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Old 10-14-2004, 06:03 AM
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If memory serves:

He was CIO of the company, so yeah he isn't insanely rich....

How much would it take for you to be WORK optional?

For me.... 3 million would be plenty.

A lot of us will hit that mark pre-tax by retirement through work career,
but ALL AT ONCE with smart money management, it would be enough.

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Old 10-17-2004, 01:05 AM
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Default Re: Greg Coutu\'s Net Worth

I may be way off here, but if he owned 2.8% of the company, which sold four 4 billions, that comes out to him earning 112 million dollars.
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Old 10-17-2004, 04:09 PM
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Default Re: Greg Coutu\'s Net Worth

Anyone know what company Paul worked for and was bought by? If they are a public company, I am guessing Paul had to report his sales and you should be able to see them on yahoos insider trading list. Of course we don't know how much he has blown on toys
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Old 10-17-2004, 04:58 PM
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I may be way off here, but if he owned 2.8% of the company, which sold four 4 billions, that comes out to him earning 112 million dollars.

You are way off here. Technically I recieved $6 Million dollars when my company was sold to a public internet company. But in reality I recieved 240k shares of stock that were trading at $25.

Since I was a founder, the buyer required me to sign a "lock-up" agreement restricting me from selling any shares for one year. By the time that agreement expired the stock was trading for $1 per share. The company was recently sold for 51 cents a share, in cash this time. I'm guessing that Paul not only recieved stock but may have had some limited lockup agreement as well. It's also my understanding that the company that bought his is trading right now for a fraction of the price you quoted.

Now based on his sartorial splendor from the last WPT event I watched, and his ability to have a bankroll big enough for all those buyins, I'm pretty sure he did far, far better than I did. He probably had some good financial advisors who diversified him relatively quickly. So his net worth could be anywere from a couple million to $100M (doesn't this speculation strike you as the least bit creepy? what business is that of ours?). He seems to me as an individual who'd be just as happy in at any extreme of that scale (or even below that). Money can open some neat doors, but if you require it to be happy you'll never really be happy.

I have a friend who made $400k a year (and spent every penny of it), and could have sold his business for $10M. I told him to do it, cause he could easily invest the remainder and live the same lifestyle without every having to work again. His reply was "But I hate the way I live". What do you say to that?
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Old 10-17-2004, 07:35 PM
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Default Re: Paul Phillips net worth

At the height of the bubble, there were programmers at AOL who had options worth 10 million or better. Ah the good ole days when the mere mention of "internet" would take the most lame stocks through the roof. I talked to two casino dealers during that time that had high 6 figure or low 7 figure brokerage accounts they had built daytrading! They were counting the days until they were out from under for good. Then..... LOOK OUT BELOW!!!!!!!!!!

They are both back to dealing full time.

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Old 10-17-2004, 09:18 PM
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I talked to two casino dealers during that time that had high 6 figure or low 7 figure brokerage accounts they had built daytrading!

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I'd laugh if it didn't hurt so much
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Old 10-19-2004, 05:42 PM
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I may be way off here, but if he owned 2.8% of the company, which sold four 4 billions, that comes out to him earning 112 million dollars.

You are way off here. Technically I recieved $6 Million dollars when my company was sold to a public internet company. But in reality I recieved 240k shares of stock that were trading at $25.

Since I was a founder, the buyer required me to sign a "lock-up" agreement restricting me from selling any shares for one year. By the time that agreement expired the stock was trading for $1 per share. The company was recently sold for 51 cents a share, in cash this time. I'm guessing that Paul not only recieved stock but may have had some limited lockup agreement as well. It's also my understanding that the company that bought his is trading right now for a fraction of the price you quoted.

Now based on his sartorial splendor from the last WPT event I watched, and his ability to have a bankroll big enough for all those buyins, I'm pretty sure he did far, far better than I did. He probably had some good financial advisors who diversified him relatively quickly. So his net worth could be anywere from a couple million to $100M (doesn't this speculation strike you as the least bit creepy? what business is that of ours?). He seems to me as an individual who'd be just as happy in at any extreme of that scale (or even below that). Money can open some neat doors, but if you require it to be happy you'll never really be happy.

I have a friend who made $400k a year (and spent every penny of it), and could have sold his business for $10M. I told him to do it, cause he could easily invest the remainder and live the same lifestyle without every having to work again. His reply was "But I hate the way I live". What do you say to that?

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Now that's a bad beat. That hurt me just to read......

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