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"Yet most of Ms. Mayer’s paycheck ultimately came from the gains in Yahoo’s Alibaba and Yahoo Japan investments, over which she had little control. Thanks to an
by gaius 9y ago
"Yet most of Ms. Mayer’s paycheck ultimately came from the gains in Yahoo’s Alibaba and Yahoo Japan investments, over which she had little control. Thanks to an investment made in 2005, Yahoo had a 24 percent stake in Alibaba, which today is China’s leading e-commerce company."
Quite literally money for nothing, and people wonder why CEO pay is such an issue.
- JabavuAdams 9y agoAh, but look at her pedigree and previous accomplishments! Like some kind of orbit-injection-burn. She had to be at just the right place, at just the right time, with the correct velocity. Some days I'm jealous of these execs. Other times I realize that I was playing computer games or reading esoteric subjects instead of excelling at jumping through every hoop placed in front of me.