Bloomberg: Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about 1% of Anthropic
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Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about a 1% stake in Anthropic after investing tens of millions of dollars in the company’s Series A round in 2021, Bloomberg reported. The stake would be roughly half the 2% held by co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei.
Anthropic is widely expected to go public before the end of the year, and market estimates cited by TechCrunch value the company at as much as $2 trillion. If that valuation materializes, Schmidt’s stake could add up to $20 billion to his fortune, which Bloomberg estimates at $57.5 billion.
Why it matters · editorial interpretation
The stake attributed to Eric Schmidt illustrates how early investments in AI companies can become significant if an IPO takes place. But the potential $20 billion value depends on the up-to-$2 trillion estimate cited by TechCrunch and does not necessarily represent a realized return.
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