How many people actually have a net worth > $30 million due to stock options from a Silicon Valley startup? Assuming a billion dollar exit, you would need 3% equity (post dilution) to end up with that net worth, or 5% if you want that net worth after-taxes. The average startup is going to have maybe 2-5 people with that level of equity. There aren't that many billion dollar exits, so my gut is that the total number across all startups in the last 5 years isn't going to be more than about 1000.
I would guess the number of wall street traders with a net worth > $30 million would be higher.
I would guess the number of wall street traders with a net worth > $30 million would be higher.
Does anyone know of any real statistics on that?