People who interviewed by far were the best part of the process.
Give ownership and compensate for that. Not just the former without the latter.
Pay market rates at the least. Then make benefits comparable to other industry peers at least.
Just riding a wave of massive CapEx, struggling to keep it going due to shortage of talent.
Hire some experienced, smart people who will pull along with them the college students and life-time-tenured old-guard along with them to grow the company.
Pay market rates and promote talent, not just those in their inner circle or those who are desperate to take on increased responsibilities for meager compensation while their smart, rightfully expensive, bosses are let go.