You don&#x27;t think losing $200m of someone else&#x27;s money hits you like a ton of bricks?  Being in the industry he is, I think he could handle a $50k personal loss.  It wouldn&#x27;t be fun, but it wouldn&#x27;t be life-ruining.  Presumably, when the magnitude of this loss hit him, he assumed his entire career was over.  That&#x27;s a lot more than $50k in earnings, not to mention the personal and professional humiliation.