>The equity payout occurs only if they hit certain milestones (typically stock price hitting some value), and they expire if they don't hit that milestone. Mea

>The equity payout occurs only if they hit certain milestones (typically stock price hitting some value), and they expire if they don't hit that milestone. Meanwhile, other people receive billions, their board gets sued for breach of fiduciary duty and people still think the CEO is deserving on HN.