Splunk co-founder cashes out after $28B sale to Cisco

Michael Baum co-founded Splunk, a data analytics company, after being inspired by a Steve Jobs campus visit in college.
Splunk recently sold to Cisco for $28 billion; Baum was the company's largest shareholder.
Baum started his first company after graduating college in the 1980s.
He went on to become a serial entrepreneur before founding Splunk in 2003.
After retiring from Splunk in 2009, Baum moved to France's Burgundy region and bought a winery.

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