Google is an outlier in that the employees (in some departments) can begin to approach the wealth of the large investors. In most companies, the shareholders ar

Google is an outlier in that the employees (in some departments) can begin to approach the wealth of the large investors. In most companies, the shareholders are rewarded far and away beyond what employees are rewarded with, even though their opportunity costs are generally lower (even if they theoretically risked large nominal amounts in their investments). The assertion is that investors generally tend to be rewarded disproportionately to their value contributed.