John Tuld
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Margin Call
ewaf58 — 10 years ago(May 19, 2015 09:42 AM)
Despite the market fall I would guess he still had millions stashed away. So it makes you wonder why he just didn't just shrug his shoulders and walk away.
I guess like those millionaires who waned to make an extra buck investing all their wealth in Madoff's ponzi scheme greed breeds greed. They can't of even of spent all their money in their lifetimes. -
crooky-3 — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 11:57 PM)
He's basically choosing to salvage his stock value, which is probably a significant percentage of his wealth. The rich aren't happy with simply being rich. They're happy with being richer. Which of course means they're practically never happy, because they could always be richer.
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ewaf58 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 03:30 AM)
Yes you're right - having just a few more million than their rich friends must give them a feeling of extra status. Look at those Billionaires/Millionaires who lost a fortune putting their money with Madoff just to earn a little more.
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annie-293 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 12:28 AM)
Walk away and do what? He's at the top of a top company. You don't rise to a position like that with wanting it truly, madly, deeply. That kind of fighter usually does not willingly leave the field of battle until forced out by ill health, family pressures, an uncooperative Board of Directors, or death.
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ewaf58 — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 12:08 AM)
This happens to a lot of people who cannot accept reality. Someone I used to work with lost his job after 20 years but still came back up to the office for a while and just to walk around it peering through the windows