"ByteDance’s top earners make more than $1 million a year plus stock options, with total compensation sometimes exceeding $3 million. " I bet top earners at Google, Facebook etc make much more than this.
So 100 Engineers will cost $100M per year? I sometimes wonder why the gap between developers are so wide. There are many ( or more like majority ) in HK the make less than a $100K a year.
When you are getting money on a 75B valuation good luck cashing out on that sort of startup. The investors will eat most of that profit leaving you with a few million if you are lucky on a big exit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/201...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-24/in-battle...