Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Reportedly Holds Approximately 1% Stake in Anthropic

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds roughly a 1% equity stake in Anthropic, derived from his multi-tens-of-millions-of-dollars investment during the company's Series A financing round. This position is set to make him one of the individual beneficiaries with the largest gains from Anthropic's upcoming IPO. It remains unclear whether Schmidt has sold any portion of his holdings, and both Schmidt and Anthropic have declined to comment. Per Pitchbook data, Anthropic was valued at $461 million at the time of Schmidt's initial investment in 2021. Investors stated last week that a reasonable valuation range for Anthropic falls between $1.8 trillion and $2 trillion; if calculated at the upper end of this range, Schmidt's net worth from this stake would rise to nearly $80 billion.

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