Who is the richest employee in history?
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (2000-2014) Net Worth: $147 Billion Today
He was employee number 30 for an annual salary of $50,000 and 10% of the company's profits.
The company cancelled the profit agreement in exchange for an 8% stake.
The reason for his wealth is that he has maintained ownership of 4% of $MSFT to this day.
Some may find the matter easy.
But it is very difficult to see Microsoft stock growing in this crazy way over the years and still own it.
Yes, he reduced his share by half from 8% to 4%.
But today this 4% of Microsoft's value = $125 billion.
It is not easy at all to maintain this property for all these years 👍🏼
