Even if they don't make a single penny from any of those millions of shares, it's not like they would lose anything in any case. They are paid, what is it? 10K each/month? For doing pretty close to nothing too. How many people do you know make 10K/month for doing nothing? They were living well all of these years, for doing hardly nothing. Even if the company goes bankrupt and nobody gets anything, they're probably a few hundred thousand dollars richer just from their salaries. All of the investment risk was on us, not them!