they can always exercise their options, buy the stocks, pay the taxes on them, and then just sit on illiquid assets until the IPO or their own deaths. oh...it'

they can always exercise their options, buy the stocks, pay the taxes on them, and then just sit on illiquid assets until the IPO or their own deaths. oh...it's not a very appealing prospect you say? well, hmmm, errr, awkward.