Which is partially why the VP makes several times more at a stable firm vs options/stock/equity that are a lottery ticket, more or less. The VP won't get paid if the company sells but they can by a new car each year.

$1M over 4 years is L4 at Google. https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/SE/L4/

edit: Oh, well I guess that's not counting the startup's salary. If they were getting paid $200k/yr, that's L6 at Google https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/SE/L6/. Less easy, but not as hard as getting to VP.