Over the past five years, NVIDIA has achieved extraordinary growth, catapulting its employees’ wealth as the company’s stock surged by an astonishing 3,000%.
Take, for instance, a product manager who joined NVIDIA in a mid-level role five years ago, initially receiving an annual stock grant of $77,000. Today, that grant would be valued at approximately $10.6 million.
Similarly, a senior software engineer who received an annual stock grant worth $102,000 at the time of joining could now see their stocks valued at around $14.8 million.
Even a junior marketer, who started with an annual stock grant of $31,000, would find their original grant valued at about $4.5 million today.
NVIDIA’s remarkable success underscores the transformative impact that stock options can have on the financial well-being of employees in a thriving technology company.