Taking "Me, Inc." Public: Market Caps for Individuals 17 years ago
Mike Merrill is an American individual who already has succeeded in becoming a publicly traded person:
Shares are valued in real time by trades made on his open public market, implemented as a web application. Shareholders vote on major life decisions, such as whether he should engage in certain business ventures, and even on very personal questions, such as whether he should get a vasectomy.
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