Anthropic Files for IPO: Seven Founders Each Hold About 1.4% of Shares, Each Worth Over $13 Billion

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Anthropic's IPO filing submitted on Monday shows that each of the company's seven founders holds about 1.4% of the shares, with each person's wealth exceeding $13 billion.

This puts all seven people, including siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei, in the top 300 of the Billionaires Index, with wealth surpassing well-known financial figures such as Bill Ackman and Stan Druckenmiller.

The above wealth estimates are based on Anthropic's valuation of $965 billion in its most recent funding round, higher than the previous estimate of $8 billion per person. If Anthropic's IPO successfully reaches the $2 trillion valuation previously proposed by investors, according to the wealth index, before accounting for equity dilution caused by newly issued shares, each of the seven founders would be worth more than $27 billion. Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei

The founders' wealth highlights the tech industry's dominance in driving the U.S. stock market and wealth creation this year, especially artificial intelligence (AI). In the first nine months of 2026, the wealth of tech billionaires among the world's 500 richest people increased by a combined $845 billion, while the average net worth of billionaires outside the tech industry shrank.

In a letter to potential shareholders, Anthropic's co-founders said that AI and Anthropic "represent one of the most significant economic opportunities in history."

In addition to the Amodei siblings, Anthropic's other co-founders are Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish and Christopher Olah. The filing shows that all seven have pledged 80% of their personal Anthropic shares to charity. Tom Brown

The founders' shareholding appears small, but in fact they have strong control over the company. According to Anthropic's proposed governance structure, as long as the number of Class A shares they retain is no less than 2% of the Class A shares each held at the time of the IPO, they can continue to serve as members of Founder LLC. Founder LLC controls one Class F share, which carries 50.1% of shareholder voting rights.

This means that even if a founder disposes of 98% of existing holdings, they can still have the same voice as the other founders.

However, Anthropic's long-term interest trust checks the founders' majority voting control to a certain extent. The trust has the right to elect and remove four of the company's seven directors. The trust is intended to exist indefinitely, and once fewer than three qualified founders remain, whether due to death, incapacity, resignation, or selling or gifting more than about 98% of the Class A shares they held at the time of the IPO, their special voting rights will terminate.

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