The difference between a person and a corporation... is that once a corporation goes public, it's like having a person whose only goal in life is to get as much money as possible, no matter how. Those people usually end up in jail; corporations, not so much.
On the other hand, something like 2/3 of businesses "fail", or close, during the first 10 years, never going public. The ones surviving... are the ones that probably should be in "jail" 🤷