Solyndra filing shows founder got $456,000 severance Bankruptcy court filings show that former Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet left the company about two months before it was announced and had worked out a $456,000 severance. A bankruptcy court filing this week showed that Solyndra LLC founder and former CEO Chris Gronet left nearly two months before it was announced in August and won a $456,000 severance when he was terminated. The filings also show a $17,000 payment to the company's bankruptcy law firm in February, about two weeks before a controversial loan restructuring which put $385 million in taxpayer money...