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How does the equity math hold up on that? At $430B market cap he would have to have 0.5 to 1%, after dilution. Do "first ten" employees get that much?
by muzz 2mo ago
How does the equity math hold up on that?
At $430B market cap he would have to have 0.5 to 1%, after dilution. Do "first ten" employees get that much?
- AFF87 2mo agoAccording to Peter Walker's analysis [1] Garry should had been employee 1 to 6 to get that... possible? [1] https://carta.com/data/linkedin-early-startup-employee-equity-risk/ https://carta.com/data/linkedin-early-startup-employee-equit...
- muzz 2mo agoTheoretically possible I guess, although looks more like employee 1 to 3 Palantir had 15+ rounds of funding including some whopper $440M and $880M rounds in the prior decade (2010s), so dilution must have been huge: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/palantir/__N9Uaw2GHjG5JVqvNtXcgrGRwXgHpY9cQsxh3xArGQ6A/funding-and-investors#funding-rounds https://tracxn.com/d/companies/palantir/__N9Uaw2GHjG5JVqvNtX...
- muzz 2mo agoAlso assumes he didn't sell shares previously, like if there was a tender offer when the valuation was $20B in 2015