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John McAfee was broke for the entire second half of his legend. The New York Times reported in August 2009 that his fortune had collapsed from $100 million to $4 million. Bad real estate bets plus the 2008 crash. He sold a $25 million Colorado estate for $5.7 million, dumped the Hawaii property, the New Mexico ranch, the Cessna. Then he moved to Belize, partly because living there was cheap. So the jungle compound, the armed guards, the escape, the boat, the presidential runs. All of it ran…
> gets a job coding for NASA > builds Mcafee antivirus from his living room > hits the forbes list > becomes a suspect when his neighbor's found dead in belize after killing his 4 dogs > changes his whole look to slip out of belize with his 20 year old girlfriend > tricks the police by hiring a body double to cross the border with his passport > meanwhile he goes the opposite direction to guatemala > fakes a heart attack to dodge capture there > the hitwoman sent to kill him becomes his wife > behind snowden's leak that exposed the US surveillance state > stops paying taxes by blackmailing the gov > runs for US president (twice) > bugs Hillary Clinton's campaign staff by mailing them "free" laptops > moves to a boat in the caribbean with armed guards > most wanted in 3 different countries > judge approves his extradition to the US > found dead in a Spanish prison cell > spanish judge ruled his death a suicide > previously said if he's ever found dead it wasn't suicide > may still be alive The very definition of "You can just do things"