Pinot Noir Twirler Won’t Walk Away For Less Than One Billion

Alex Balk
The Awl
Published in
1 min readFeb 24, 2014

“A few weeks ago, over dinner with half a dozen entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, the question came up again. The table, which included a few people already worth more than $100 million, went quiet. One man in his late 30s twirled the stem of his wine glass as he thought. Then he tipped back his head, downed his pinot noir and said, ‘one billion,’ his glass landing back on the table with a thud. ‘That’s it. That’s my number. One billion dollars.’ The others nodded.”
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