I don't know the answer, but if I were CEO, I wouldn't care if I wasn't the highest paid person - as long as I am happy with the % of the company I owned. So i

I don't know the answer, but if I were CEO, I wouldn't care if I wasn't the highest paid person - as long as I am happy with the % of the company I owned. So if this view is reasonable, I don't think that the CEO's salary is a ceiling.