Why Aaron Levie Walked Away From a $500 Million Buyout Offer

Turning down a life-changing offer wasn’t easy, but the Box co-founder says one factor made the decision clear.

BY CHRIS MORRIS @MORRISATLARGE

Aaron Levie. Photo: Getty Images

Fifteen years ago, Aaron Levie and his co-founders at Box faced a hard decision. They had launched the cloud-based content management and file-sharing platform six years prior, when Levie famously dropped out of college to work on the business. Now, another company was offering somewhere in the range of $500 million to buy........

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