Ant IPO at $2T would hand 2023-era employees $110M-$400M each in stock
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-29
The tweet cites an estimate of Ant Group employee stock payouts by joining year, assuming a $2 trillion IPO valuation:
- Hired by 2023 (300-500 people): $110M-$400M each
- 2024 hires (440-640): $200M-$300M each
- 2025 hires (1,360): $70M-$95M each
- 2026 hires (3,000): $10M-$20M each
The reblogger notes how anomalous AI's wealth creation is: people working on the right things can get wealthy within a year, while those outside AI feel no urgency or change at all.
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