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Former Nvidia Advisor Claims $1 Billion Owed Due to 1993 Stock Error

Eric Gullichsen alleges a vesting error in a 1993 grant entitles him to roughly $1 billion, but Nvidia has rejected the settlement.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 28 Sept 2026 · updated 39d ago

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0%50%100%14%24 Sept, 16:24 UTCnowLatest from Tom's Hardware: Early Nvidia advisor says he's owed $1 billion in stock due to a 1993 vesting error, but Nvidia rejected settlement · 29 Sept, 10:00 UTCHacker News: Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock · 28 Sept, 02:05 UTC

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now14%
30 Sept, 17:20 UTC14%
30 Sept, 01:08 UTC13%
28 Sept, 03:26 UTC9%
26 Sept, 15:48 UTC14%
24 Sept, 16:24 UTC9%

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 28 Sept 2026. Hacker News published first, on 28 September at 02:05 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware followed 31h 55m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware, appeared on 29 September at 10:00 UTC.

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  1. Early Nvidia advisor says he's owed $1 billion in stock due to a 1993 vesting error, but Nvidia rejected settlement Latest from Tom's Hardware
  2. Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock Hacker News

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