“ So, no matter his equity position, the future shareholders that decide to buy into the stock will drive the price and the present shareholders (who choose to hold) will reap the benefit.”
Who do you think those “future” shareholders will be buying stock from?
The guy with 99% of the equity.
Meanwhile the current shareholders got wiped out by being knocked down to 1% of the company equity divided between them.
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