lmao. rich people are hilarious. this isn't a "leadership challenge." this is you almost facing the consequences of your actions and then getting out of it and being successful despite the fact that you (by your own admission) were probably guilty. too bad you weren't caught -- then you may have actually learned something.
It doesn't matter if you think it's true, or if you think the person deserves it, or any of that. It doesn't matter if they're rich.
In the end, you are the asshole. You are the one dunking on someone's toughest moment in life. If you can do it to them, you can do it to anyone.
It's not justified "because they're rich". The same idiotic logic is used by pompous jerks who litter "to give janitors something to do" or who treat waiters like shit "because it's their job". Maybe you're reading that thinking "that would never be me" but, I've got news for you, that IS you. Just a different flavour of it. The person on the other end is human and you treated them like dirt.
You tried to shit on someone who shared their lowest moment in life. Let that sink in, deep.
So there is a possibility that in a perfect world he could have gone to jail.
No, but the consequences of a seemingly sociopath CEO's actions.
Your reply was one of the worst things I've read here on HN the last weeks. Saying such things to someone who was, back at the time, thinking about suicide.
This anonymous poster stayed on topic and told us about a leadership challenges and the personal trials and tribulations of dealing with the challenge. Personally, I'm glad to have read this tidbit and thankful they shared it. They likely can't provide more details for legal reasons and they certainly don't want to bring attention to this part of their career.