"ByteDance’s top earners make more than $1 million a year plus stock options, with total compensation sometimes exceeding $3 million. " I bet top earners at Google, Facebook etc make much more than this.
The study doesn't compare equity held by men and women in same position, but total equity. There is a huge imbalance in equity held by founders/execs most of which are men.
Perhaps, lack of understanding on my side, but what does "their number will be up" mean?
From what I've heard, it's most often the case that developers want to move into trading.