Rationally, Sounds like he played the game and won. He didn’t make any false promises (but I’m sure didn’t correct anyone either).
Values wise, to me sounds like a bit of a dick, esp with the early employees. Good for him, he made a billion dollars. But he knowingly took advantage of people who chose to invest years of their life with him. Not cool. He doesn’t have to keep being a dick either - just give employees a generous bonus (like 1x annual salary) when they reach x years if they did well and a thank you, not that hard. That’s all people want.
I bet he made a lot of false promises just not in writing. I he was trying to mislead people the whole time. And specifically tried to compensate investors and employees in ways that he intended to never pay them in a way they thought they would be compensated.
Values wise, to me sounds like a bit of a dick, esp with the early employees. Good for him, he made a billion dollars. But he knowingly took advantage of people who chose to invest years of their life with him. Not cool. He doesn’t have to keep being a dick either - just give employees a generous bonus (like 1x annual salary) when they reach x years if they did well and a thank you, not that hard. That’s all people want.