Effectively infinite. Databricks is a good example. They're still private after 13 years and closed a Series L round last year. Stripe is similar.
Having been through an IPO before, it was good for employee liquidity, but bad for the culture and long-term success of the company.
so how do stripe employees get liquidity? can anyone sell their secondary shares?
Dead capital. There's no need for public funding until they are reasy to cash out at the top, if ever.