ROFLMAO. I rest my case. Any stock that requires you to be a personal friend of the majority owner is not a smart investment, IMHO.
If Carl wanted to be a hero, as you suggest, all he'd have to do is offer to buy the remaining 48% of the company at a 50% premium to the current price. That would cost him less than $5 million, a fraction of what he's already sunk into the company.