Tech executives, equity comp, and the tax bomb.
For senior employees and executives at public and pre-IPO tech companies, equity compensation creates both extraordinary opportunity and complex tax exposure. We help you navigate it strategically.
"I have ISOs, NQSOs, and double-trigger RSUs. With a tender offer coming, what should I exercise? How do I manage AMT and liquidity?"
Here's what we typically see.
- Concentrated stock — 20–80% of your net worth sits in one or two employer stocks with very low cost basis.
- Multi-tax-treatment equity — ISOs, NQSOs, RSUs, ESPP — each with different tax timing and rates.
- Liquidity events on the horizon — Tender offers, secondaries, IPOs, or M&A creating large near-term tax events.
- AMT exposure — ISO exercises trigger AMT, and timing matters more than most people realize.
- Maxed-out traditional planning — 401(k), backdoor Roth, mega-backdoor — you've already done the basics. What's next?
Strategies built for your situation.
Exercise & sell decision frameworks
Quantitative models showing the after-tax outcome of exercise/sell/hold scenarios across market conditions.AMT management
Multi-year ISO exercise planning to use AMT credits and minimize lifetime tax burden.Concentrated stock diversification
Exchange funds, long/short SMAs, and hedging strategies that diversify without triggering immediate gain.Pre-IPO and tender planning
Coordinated planning before liquidity events to capture maximum after-tax value.83(b) elections
Strategy and execution support for early exercise of stock options.Tax-aware investing for proceeds
Direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, and structured strategies for deploying liquidity event proceeds.
Questions we hear from tech executives & employees.
- I have $5M in vested RSUs that I haven't sold. Should I diversify all at once or over time?
- My company is pre-IPO and we have a tender offer. How much should I sell?
- I exercised ISOs and now have a huge AMT bill. What do I do?
- I want to hedge my company stock without selling — what are my options?
- I'm leaving my company. What should I do with my equity before I go?
If This Sounds Like You, Let's talk.
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