Thoughts
Tao estimates Sam’s net worth at 6mil. I think he’s low by a couple orders of magnitude. It’s very hard to estimate because we don’t know
a) Dropout’s profit margin. I have no idea what’s industry standard for TV. And it’s possible Dropout’s audience still isn’t large enough to be sustainable.
b) what percent of Dropout Sam owns (it’s very common, even in situations like this where Sam is “the owner” for his friends, family, or private investment firms to own up to 49% of the company)
c) Sam’s net worth minus Dropout
Edit 2023-11-20 for future reference: Dropout subscriber count is "mid-hundreds of thousands," and about $5 / mo.