Sort of. The pay packages may be high in "value" but since they are all in multi-year vesting stock options, the founder still needs to make the company succes

Sort of. The pay packages may be high in "value" but since they are all in multi-year vesting stock options, the founder still needs to make the company successful in order to cash any of that money out. It's not like they're throwing tons of cash on him/her.