Vieje Piauwasdy Profile picture
Team Secfi @asksecfi. San Francisco native (yes, really). @uw and Lowell High alum. I like to nerd out on fintech, stock options and taxes.
Sep 16, 2020 15 tweets 4 min read
First day of trading for Snowflake has ended and the co. is now worth $33b ($250+ per share)📈

Employees who built the company have to be excited. Unfortunately, employees who didn't plan around their stock options likely left a lot of money on the table.

A case study 👇 /1 The Series G round was priced at $38 per share. Employees who started at the co. in 2018 likely all have incentive stock options (ISOs) at <$5.

Let's use rounded/estimated numbers for this case study. Employee A at Snowflake is granted 5,000 ISOs at $5 strike. /2