Yeah this would be my first question too. Even beyond that, many (most?) hedge funds have an employee investment scheme where employees have a special vehicle v

Yeah this would be my first question too. Even beyond that, many (most?) hedge funds have an employee investment scheme where employees have a special vehicle via which they can invest into the fund performance without having to meet the often egregious criteria (e.g. not everyone has $100mln lying around in cash to meet minimum investment thresholds).