I hope the founder exited well. I remember working with him at Google when he was the PM for Google Optimizer. Nice guy.
If Dan and Pete were nice guys, they would have take care of the employees that built their company. The employees wouldn't have been millionaires, but they might be able to scrape together a down payment for a house. And not like the mansion that Dan has, just something that would move them out of the fear of rents increasing and losing their jobs.
They used to be nice guys. I don't wish ill towards them, but they do not deserve a good exit with this.
If you don't mind answering, what's the strategy behind a hiring tactic like the one in the link above? It seems cartoonish and not grounded in reality....