31: John McAfee

John McAfee founded the anti-virus company you've probably heard of. He exited that company with a net worth of over $100 million. And that's where this week's story BEGINS. It goes in some truly insane directions after that.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/the-crazy-life-of-john-mcafee#he-began-working-at-a-company-that-coded-punch-card-systems-in-the-late-60s-this-taught-him-the-basics-of-early-computing-using-this-information-he-landed-a-job-at-missouri-pacific-railroad-where-he-helped-the-company-use-a-newfangled-ibm-computer-system-to-help-calibrate-train-schedules-4
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-mcafee-third-party-libertarian/index.html
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/31/inside-the-beltway-gary-johnson-john-mcafee-austin/
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/john-mcafee-suffers-heart-attack-guatemala-detention-center/story?id=17890926