[moocow01]

I don't have any statistics to back up my points but I would think the following would be the case...

With the exception of really tremendous exits, let say a pretty successful cofounder gets between .5 million and 5 million (I'm making these numbers up but Id assume these are pretty reasonable guesses for a majority of moderately successful exits). So if thats the case you have a nice chunk of net worth but after an exit you may not have much cash flow to keep up with the big hitters who have a tremendous stream of cash coming in consistently.

Im certainly not arguing that the co-founder with the successful exit is in a bad position - just that their cash flow may be comparatively low compared to someone else who has an ongoing "money printing machine" so to say.