Originally Posted by
Bidule
Except the capital is far to be only the money of the "one who takes the risk" as you say. To take your example of Jeff Bezos, he "only" holds 11.2% of Amazon and as his reported wealth is much higher than that, even if Amazon went tits up, he would still have a lot remaining.
On the contrary, the workers are not just losing their job but also their pension funds.....
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Basing your ideas on the richest man in the world is hardly going to give a typical case.
A more typical case is the entrepeneur who has used his/her house as collateral to start up a business. If the business fails, the entrepeneur loses their income and their house.