[godelski]

> The goal of the individual is not to work, the goal of the individual is to retire early. Everything short of that is a failure.

You might want to tell Musk and Bezos that. Or any movie star. Really there's thousands of people you could tell this to that have amount of money that could live in luxury indefinitely. This is certainly true for any billionaire. It is also certainly true for anyone with over $50m.

[GDC7]

Sure, but the concrete company failed to even give the owners the optionality to retire and keep their current lifestyle.

[godelski]

I'm very confused how you are coming to this conclusion. You haven't stated how rich the owners are. All I'm getting is you're saying that since the company still exists that the owners didn't retire. But what does "optionality to retire" mean? (Not even a real word) And what lifestyle? You can always up your lifestyle (maybe once you're worth 100bn it's all the same, but that's a dumb bar). The metric (I think) you are using is unobtainable. But a more clear metric of "could the owners retire and still live in luxury?" is a definitive yes.