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The CFO's goal is to make the _existing_ shareholders money, not (hypothetical) future shareholders. As of the IPO it was in the interest of the existing shareholders that the company get as high a valuation as possible.

If the CFO deliberately acted to benefit future shareholders at the expense of current shareholders he'd have violated his fiduciary duties.



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