The founders of google landed on approximately $30 BILLION split two ways. There was a lot of talk around IPO that Google was minting a thousand millionaires, but a million is still 1000x smaller than a billion.
The lesson we can take from Google (which did make a lot of people a lot of money) is that once the company reaches many many billions in public valuation, then yes, a good number of employees will get rich despite the lopsided equity distribution.
The lesson we can take from Google (which did make a lot of people a lot of money) is that once the company reaches many many billions in public valuation, then yes, a good number of employees will get rich despite the lopsided equity distribution.