And he is continually opening new businesses so the true profit and loss of any individual business is not apparent. (If he had just one company, then his lack of business acumen would be obvious.) A good (but unethical and maybe illegal) way to hide income is to have a business incur lots of start-up losses and then go bankrupt and stop operating before it starts to generate income. In the meanwhile, you pay yourself and family members a generous salary or give them stock options they can gain by selling before the bankruptcy. Sound familiar?
