It looks like he'd already had quite the career by that point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers So

It looks like he'd already had quite the career by that point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers Someone with his level of connections could justify that schedule and compensation.