Eric Schmidt’s Anthropic stake is reportedly half the size of CEO Dario Amodei’s

Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about 1% of Anthropic. That is roughly half the stake held by the company’s own CEO, Dario Amodei, who is estimated to hold about 2%. One percent sounds modest until you look at the price tag. With Anthropic’s anticipated IPO valuation floated between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion, that sliver could add an estimated $10 billion to $20 billion to the former Google CEO’s net worth. How a 2021 check turned into a fortune Schmidt bought in early. He reportedly took his roughly 1% stake during Anthropic’s Series A round in May 2021. At that point, the company was valued at $461 million. His investment has been described as amounting to “tens of millions” of dollars. Anthropic’s most recent private round closed at a post-money valuation of $965 billion as of May 2026. Discussions ahead of the IPO have reportedly floated valuation estimates between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion. The resulting estimate of Schmidt’s potential gain, between $10 billion and $20 billion, depends entirely on where that final number lands. For context, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index currently values Schmidt’s net worth at $57.5 billion. An Anthropic windfall at the top of the estim...