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That is shocking if true, but doesn't seem to be? AMD's Lisa Su was the highest-paid CEO of a company in the S&P 500 last year. Su earned a total of $58.5 mill
by lordgrenville 6y ago
That is shocking if true, but doesn't seem to be?
AMD's Lisa Su was the highest-paid CEO of a company in the S&P 500 last year. Su earned a total of $58.5 million in 2019 [0]
Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's top executive, was paid $2.4m in 2018 [1]
[0] https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/01/tech/lisa-su-amd-highest-paid-ceo/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/01/tech/lisa-su-amd-highest-...
[1] http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoFrom your first article: "In 2019, she earned $1 million in base salary and a $1.2 million performance-based bonus.". So not 4x, but 2x based on base salary.
- lordgrenville 6y agoGood point. It is misleading to compare base pay rather than overall comp, though.
- ric2b 6y agooverall comp is heavily biased towards stock performance. Given AMD's exceptional performance in recent years it's natural to expect her overall comp to also be quite good.
- doc_gunthrop 6y agoCan you even compare Mitchell Baker to Lisa Su in terms of achievement? Su revived a company on the verge of bankruptcy. Since she was appointed CEO, AMD's stock has soared and they've made themselves a viable competitor against Intel. This has been a massive boon to the market. It's worth noting that Su has a deep understanding of the underlying technology that the company works on (she's an electrical engineer), which was essential to her success at the company. Su is an example of merit-based compensation. Baker is not.