Salaries don't get apportioned. You either bring value, or you don't. If you can make a company £1m by yourself, you should have no problem getting a £500k sal

Salaries don't get apportioned. You either bring value, or you don't. If you can make a company £1m by yourself, you should have no problem getting a £500k salary. If you and your team of nine programmers can bring in £1m then it's reasonable to pay them £48k and pay yourself £66k. If you want to make more money, just make more money.