10 people who missed out on millions (+Photos)

8. James Altucher – Google

Nowadays, Google is basically the only big search engine that people use. Sure, Bing has tried to make an aggressive comeback several times over the years through their marketing campaigns and product placement, but Google is and probably always will be king in the search engine world.

James Altucher would disagree. The venture capitalist was approached by a junior partner at Google, who offered a 20% stake in the company for $1 million (very Dragons’ Den). Altucher decided the opportunity was too small, and declined to fund it. To his credit, he hasn’t gone on to defend or explain away his decision – he’s outright called it “the worst venture capital decision in history.” We’re inclined to agree.