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I would also bet that those teachers/professors are working on some lucrative (research) projects or are members of a board of directors, e.g. John L. Hennessy
by ciupicri 16y ago
I would also bet that those teachers/professors are working on some lucrative (research) projects or are members of a board of directors, e.g. John L. Hennessy at Google[1].
[1] http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#johnhennessy http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#johnhennessy
- samg 16y agoHennessy actually got rich founding MIPS Computer Systems Inc, years before Google. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Computer_Systems_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Computer_Systems_Inc.
- drbaskin 16y agoIt's also not really fair to include Hennessy on this list -- he is the president of Stanford, after all. That is a very different job from professor, and pays quite well. According to his wikipedia page, "As Stanford's president, Hennessy earns an annual salary of $566,581."