In an email to Blue Origin staff in 2016, Jeff Bezos said the equity options were "long-term lottery tickets" that were unlikely to pay off.

In an email to Blue Origin staff in 2016, Jeff Bezos said the equity options were "long-term lottery tickets" that were unlikely to pay off.

BI reports on the FOMO among some Blue Origin workers watching their SpaceX rivals' net worths skyrocket while theirs stay firmly grounded.