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'I've never felt more isolated': The man who sold Minecraft to Microsoft for $2.5 billion reveals the empty side of success
It's the dream of many a startup founder: Make something people love and wind up wildly rich, selling the company for billions. But after you do that, what comes next? It could be a sense of hopeless isolation. So says Minecraft founder Markus Persson (aka "Notch") in a strangely revealing series of tweets. Microsoft bought Minecraft for $2.5 billion almost a year ago, and the founder did not join Microsoft after the sale.
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It just goes to show, it's the journey, not the destination. He should have immediately started up another business with the money, to keep himself occupied.
He had a very bad experience with some members of the Minecraft community so he is afraid of doing something noteworthy again.
Oh, I see.
This is so sad. Guess it's true what they always say about how money can't buy happiness.
He did the right thing. Its dumb how he's complaining, I'd give my left foot to be in his shoes (shoe) right now.
I wouldn't. I would like to have his money but not his notoriety. In fact I would like to have all his money without anyone else but me knowing, because being rich tends to attract the wrong type of "friends".
Why would he move to L.A. to party with a bunch of superficial celebrities? He either needs give that money to someone with greater ambition or get back into programming/game developing with thicker skin. Otherwise he's gonna waste everything...