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To be fair, to a certain degree that's part of the deal in academia. Tenure is like an reverse insurance, everyone gets a salary, even if only few will be able to make significant contributions. And that's okay, because a lot of luck is involved in individual success in academia.

Company's gross went from 200 million USD to 800 million USD.

He got $180.

After a lawsuit, they settled for around 8 million.

Got a Nobel prize too.

Similar story around AIDS-denier Kary Mullis, who invented PCR. I think his employer sold the patent for >$1B. 1993 Nobel in chemistry.

I remember reading about him in Omni magazine.

Regarding the lawsuit, I believe you’re thinking of Nakamura.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuji_Nakamura

What do you mean by original inventor?