Eric Schmidt Owns 1% of Anthropic Worth Up to $20 Billion Ahead of IPO

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds approximately 1% of Anthropic PBC, a stake acquired through an early investment in the company's Series A fundraising round, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg. The position, which cost Schmidt tens of millions of dollars at the time of the initial investment, is now potentially worth around $20 billion as Anthropic approaches its public market debut, setting him up for one of the largest individual windfalls from the listing.

It is unclear whether Schmidt has sold any portion of his stake since the original investment. The revelation comes as Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude assistant, moves toward an imminent IPO, with retail investor demand already flooding pre-IPO funds ahead of the offering.