If you owned enough assets that could be used as a collateral, yes, you could request $1 salary. Many CEOs, Steve Jobs in particular, used to do that. He alread

If you owned enough assets that could be used as a collateral, yes, you could request $1 salary. Many CEOs, Steve Jobs in particular, used to do that. He already had enough cash for day-to-day expenses (like buying a new Mercedes every 6 months); more significant expenses were financed... differently. You should be already rich and structure your capital properly for this to work.