It's the little investors who have the most to GAIN in biotech start-ups. Where else can someone buy a stock for 20 cents and have it turn to 170 dollars in 5 years? (there are a couple of stocks we have discussed here that did exactly that.) What if you have decided to throw a couple thousand bucks at one of those stocks, and now had 10,000 shares of a 170 stock? Would you be sorry you had not bought, say, an oil compnay's stock instead for its 1.2% dividend?
How much did he "pay" for the stock? Well, given the fact that Mr. Ehrlich used his own money to keep this company going, and given the fact that CEOs often acquire stock as part of compensation, and given the fact that he's the person who started this company and has guided it from .41 (my lowest price currently held stock) to the mid-3's in about 3 years -- I have no complaints, and think that he deserves every share.
Thanks for showing your negative bias toward this company so openly. It's always good for people to know what someone's underlying attitude is when they are considering the validity of what someone may post.