You have the current unicorns, basically anything from about the time YC started, and then you have the old school unicorns.
For comparison, Microsoft IPOed in 1986:
> The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) and subsequent rise in its share price created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees.
For comparison, Microsoft IPOed in 1986:
> The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) and subsequent rise in its share price created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
I would really, really want to know if anything more recent has gotten to that level of widespread distribution of the riches.
I kind of doubt it, such an event would probably be considered Communist by modern standards :-)