Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was reported to hold about 1% of shares in Anthropic

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds about 1% of shares in Anthropic, stemming from his investment of several tens of millions of dollars in the Series A funding, which will make him one of the individuals benefiting the most from Anthropic's upcoming IPO. It is currently unclear whether he has sold any shares, and both Schmidt and Anthropic declined to comment.

According to Pitchbook data, when Schmidt first invested in 2021, Anthropic was valued at $461 million. Investors stated last week that Anthropic's reasonable valuation is between $1.8 trillion and $2 trillion; if calculated at the upper limit, Schmidt's net worth would increase to nearly $80 billion.