He surely did. It’s usually part of comp packages for any member of the C suite.
I was the second engineering hire at a lifestyle business turned VC funded startup. After we went public and I could see disclosures including how many shares were paid out to the C Suite. The board and some first time C Suite members got the same level of equity in their comp package that I had received over six years of working there.
Some replacement/new C Suite positions that had been in the C Suite prior received a few times what I received to start and received additional packages every year.
I was the second engineering hire at a lifestyle business turned VC funded startup. After we went public and I could see disclosures including how many shares were paid out to the C Suite. The board and some first time C Suite members got the same level of equity in their comp package that I had received over six years of working there.
Some replacement/new C Suite positions that had been in the C Suite prior received a few times what I received to start and received additional packages every year.
Rank has its privileges.