> With a fair bit of luck, he manages to become wealthy, but not wanna-be-space-cadet wealthy.
You might be underestimating the value of the YC portfolio and PG's stake in it.
You might be underestimating the value of the YC portfolio and PG's stake in it.
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3% of that would be nine billion, assuming all four YC founders had equal shares and disregarding dilution as the portfolio companies took on more investors.
Likely off by an order of magnitude in one direction or the other but still fair bit higher than 50 million.