Early Nvidia advisor says he’s owed $1 billion in stock due to a 1993 vesting error, but Nvidia rejected settlement
Re-reading the grant in 2024, he says, showed that it was meant to vest in four quarters, or a year, instead of over four years. An April 1996 CFO letter counted 15,625 vested, so 9,375 more shares should have vested too…







