[allanscu]

This happens more often than not. So many things could have influenced why you got next to nothing in your stock options. Depending on how much money was taken by the company, your stock options that you received on day one were likely diluted over and over and over again. (Whereas, investors likely kept their percentage of the company by maintaining their stake). It's the unfortunate part of the investment game. Employees (and employee stock option pools) often are the last ones to benefit from the dilution.