He says he'll be gone through October, but he decides to leave, pretty sure he isn't going to have to ever worry about money ever again.
This. Matt has $$ invested in several successful startups...and that is just going on stuff he has made public. I doubt the guy ever has to work a day of his life again if he doesn't want to.
Also, good for him. Everyone needs a recharge and no work or money is ever more important than spending time with family. If I was a betting man I would say Matt and his wife are rolling in the dough. Hope they enjoy it.
Don't see why people are getting excited, Matt is great at his job, because he is shite. Head of spam team, what has he solved. Well he has pushed honest webmasters into spamming the fuck out of hit and run sites, because they can no longer be arsed putting effort into a website to have it whipped from under them.
Well done Matt and friends, you have successfully achieved fuck all.