Leverage. The company is sufficiently large that one person's decision can easily have multi-billion dollar consequences. $750m isn't really that big relative t

Leverage. The company is sufficiently large that one person's decision can easily have multi-billion dollar consequences. $750m isn't really that big relative to the consequences of his decision making. Besides, the beautiful thing is that it's the people whose money is on the line that are deciding to pay him so much money. If they thought he wasn't worth a lot of money, then they would have got rid of him.