Incorrect. Tens of millions of dollars already went to founders. Only investors cashed out in the 9 figure range. [1]

That's a huge difference, especially considering that Groupon fancies itself a $30B company.

[1] - http://www.businessinsider.com/the-millions-of-dollars-group...

Nope. Groupon was started by Andrew Mason and Eric Lefkofsky (who also put up the first money). Eric Lefkofsky through his investment shells^Wcompanies took more money out than anyone else.

There are more stakeholders in the company than the founders.

Sure, but the founders (and the rest of the board) made the decision not to sell. You can call them fools, but they're laughing all the way to the bank.

Possibly laughing all the way to the bank, it could end up that Google was a much better deal.