<p><strong>Headcount. </strong>The median headcount of these companies at IPO was 855 with the average coming in slightly higher at 1,343. The largest company was McAfee (6,850 employees) and the smallest was Expensify (140).</p>
<p><strong>Revenue per head. </strong>Rev/head on median was $195k with a range of $19k (SentinelOne) to $629k (Expensify).</p>
<p><strong>Opex per head. </strong>Opex/head on median was $171k with a range of $36k (SentinelOne) to $576k (Confluent).</p>
<p><strong>The difference is small. </strong>The difference between revenue/head and opex/head is quite tight and indeed once you factor in COGS, only 20 out of the 73 generate operating income.</p>
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