I think the guy is running a scam.
He's a DUmmy, and DUmmies lie, all the time.
The company that fired him after a couple of years as "CFO" has GROSS SALES of just $10 million.
That's a tiny company to give a new bean counter $200K plus a million bucks in stock.
He was a relatively new employee, not a founder or partner or heir.
I think he's grossly inflated his financial situation for publicity to sell his self-published memoir.
Maybe he can persuade Pitt's mother to buy a few cartons of books.