Re:A Calculator for the Billionaires – Elizabeth Warren
by maxk42 on Friday November 08, 2019 @05:38PM
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> At the point where a startup is being valued at 800M (and therefore raising rounds of ~100M?) are the founders still making 150k?
Yes.
> At this point, wouldn't your business have hundreds of employees?
Also yes. Why does this imply you'd be making more than $150k?
In most places outside of SV, $150k is enough to qualify as "Affluent".
Also IIUC startup equity value (for tax purposes) is typically based on the startup's 409(a) price, which I think is pretty different from investor valuations, since investors get preferred stock (among other differences)