> A billionaire is too busy to discuss the sale of a domain, but if you do manage to catch his interest, he may well give it to you free/cheap because it isn't an asset he spends time worrying about.
From what I read, it was the hedge fund not the billionaire that had the domain.
if that's the case, then the problem is that the fund is carrying the domain on their books for some value, say $100,000.
If they give it away for "free/cheap" then they report a loss of $100,000 to not only their investors but also themselves, presumably they are invested in their own fund:)
no one is going to let someone else at the fund just give away $100,000 of gains.
He's already been investigated (or prosecuted, I forget) for expensing personal stuff at the fund. But really, it would be easy to consider it an investment, or buy the asset personally and then invest it personally. Whether or not a small asset like that is his personally or the fund's doesn't affect his decision making.
From what I read, it was the hedge fund not the billionaire that had the domain.
if that's the case, then the problem is that the fund is carrying the domain on their books for some value, say $100,000.
If they give it away for "free/cheap" then they report a loss of $100,000 to not only their investors but also themselves, presumably they are invested in their own fund:)
no one is going to let someone else at the fund just give away $100,000 of gains.