I mean that she probably had other offers that were easier but also very very lucrative, so Yahoo had to offer a lot to get her. Unfortunately, no one is probab

I mean that she probably had other offers that were easier but also very very lucrative, so Yahoo had to offer a lot to get her. Unfortunately, no one is probably willing to pay your hypothetical person that much. That is the whole difference. And your person doesn't necessarily work harder, iirc Mayer works a pretty insane schedule. But hard work by itself isn't worth that much, you have to have valuable skills to match, and being a good CEO at the large corporate scale is a pretty rare and extremely valuable skill.