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I rarely talk about finances, so I'm not even sure who the richest person I know is. It also depends on how tightly you define "know". Like, I've met Mark Cuban and exchanged a few words with him, so by that standard, the richest person I know runs a basketball team. But in terms of people I know on a more personal level... I used to work for Bob Young at Lulu and while we're hardly buddies, I can legitimately say I "know" him. So by that standard, the richest person I know does whatever it is that Bob is doing these days.

Outside of that, I know a few VC's and a few founders who have had successful exits. Of the ones who fall in the "founder" camp, I think they've all gone on to founding new companies since their exits. The VC guys are all still VC's as far as I know, although I haven't talked to most of those guys in a while.