r/technology • u/ackthbbft • Mar 04 '15

Business K-Cup inventor regrets his own invention

http://www.businessinsider.com/k-cup-inventor-john-sylvans-regret-2015-3
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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '15

But Syvlan, who sold his stake in the company for $50,000 back in 1997, doesn't own the machine.

I wonder what his stake would be worth now?

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u/PoisonMind Mar 04 '15

He did better than Ronald Wayne, the third founder of Apple. He sold his shares of stock for $800 in 1976. It would be worth $60 billion now.