He ain‘t old? He is 57. Most people are in the final stages of planning for retirement at that point. So there‘s that beachfront property or that farm he wants, so he buys it now, and he sets up some safe investment that will pay for the maintenance of the property plus a nice lifestyle for him, his children and grandchildren for the next 100 years. Does that sound so outlandish?
You can say what you want about BK. I personally despise him for the way ACT was handled, but as far as this stock sale goes, I would have done EXACTLY the same thing. If I can get $50 million now, then I will, because that is all the money I am ever going to need. Sure, I can wait 10 years, and perhaps it will be $100 million then. So what am I going to do with the additional $50 million? Some people actually have enough money at some point and don‘t acquire more money just for money‘s sake.