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- snoogit, on 09/30/2008, -3/+124My God! A smart, fiscally sound company that actually pays it's top executive a wage that isn't completely bat ***** stupid?
(How much does Jobs get again?) - chicagojack, on 09/30/2008, -0/+97funny how wall st. guys are making 20 times this
- LemonHerb, on 09/30/2008, -0/+77That does seem like a pretty small salary compared to the others in the news. Must mean Microsoft has some business sense, go figure.
- stark222000, on 09/30/2008, -10/+80he should buy a go-cart
- dha07030, on 10/01/2008, -0/+67Good for him... seriously, not even joking.
- TheUngod, on 10/01/2008, -7/+531 dollar. He makes his money off stock, among other things
- Nintendesert, on 10/01/2008, -1/+46What a loser. He could be making 35 times as much money getting fired from another company.
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -5/+49Icrosoft Corp? Never heard of them.
- nichesiteexpert, on 10/01/2008, -0/+38Wow that is a tiny salary compared to a lot of Fortune 500 CEOs.
- lsmiranda, on 10/01/2008, -1/+38good, he hearned it.
- abran1984, on 10/01/2008, -0/+36I'm shocked at how little he gets paid; and I'm not being saracastic
- DrDigg, on 10/01/2008, -0/+27"$3,100 worth of life insurance, disability insurance and athletic club membership fees."
They may not be getting their moneys worth on that athletic club membership. - terrenceisdaman, on 10/01/2008, -1/+27Developers Developers Developers
- SpacePoet, on 10/01/2008, -0/+24No kidding, that is a very modest salary for a massive company.
- doubleaught, on 10/01/2008, -0/+22+1 Ballmer. I think that's the first time I've ever thought that, but taking such a (relatively) small compensation package is a great move.
- TheUngod, on 10/01/2008, -0/+21Sadly, I didn't want to pwn anyone. I hate Steve Jobs, I was just stating a fact
- p1eiades, on 10/01/2008, -2/+20No wonder he "LOVES THIS COMPANY".
- strictnein, on 10/01/2008, -1/+19Or the guy they're paying is already a billionaire and one of the richest people in the world.
The World's Billionaires - #31 Steven Ballmer
Net Worth: $15.0 bil - Schrodinger2, on 10/01/2008, -0/+16Yet Microsoft is a much larger company that operates on CASH.
- spritom, on 10/01/2008, -0/+15http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/lead_07ceos_St ...
Many CEOs make their big money off of the "among other things" - ozodin, on 10/01/2008, -0/+15Wait he owns 4.5% of the company and it made a 17 billion dollar profit? I am pretty sure he doesn't care what Microsoft pays him for being CEO.
- greeniemeani, on 10/01/2008, -1/+15What? Over 9000 dollars? I wish I could have it that big!
- Georgy, on 10/01/2008, -1/+15he might be crazy but looks like he did good, but 1.35 mill does seem a little low, an executive who isnt greedy....rare
- MacBookForMe, on 09/30/2008, -0/+12Don't worry mate, there are very rare out there who got as much as Ballmer in absolute value:)
- iloveliberals, on 10/01/2008, -0/+12In other news, Steve Jobs paid 7 cents into Social Security, which was generously matched by his employer.
- therealrico, on 10/01/2008, -0/+10Lets put this into some perspective, the guy holds 4.5% of Microsoft Stock and is worth around 15 billion. He doesn't need the money, and his personel wealth is tied much more to the performance of the company, rather than his yearly salary. For example if he can help raise Microsofts share price to 28 bucks from its current price of 26.71 he would stand to gain roughly 600 million dollars. Which seems like a pretty good year especially compared to the wall street CEO's who are making paltry 20 to 100 million.
- inactive, on 10/01/2008, -1/+11Who ***** cares? He earned it right!
- OstrakonX, on 10/01/2008, -0/+10It's an Apple subdivision that's making their own version of Windows.
They're calling it iCrosoft. - inactive, on 10/01/2008, -6/+16You, sir, totally pwned the parent poster. Congratulations.
- inactive, on 10/01/2008, -2/+12Last I checked, Apple was financially solvent company. I have no problem with rewarding successful CEOs with high salaries, its just when these assclowns are given multi-million dollar deals the moment they walk in the door. Jobs deserves every dollar he gets. Had he not taken over, Apple would have been out of business 10 years ago.
- inactive, on 10/01/2008, -0/+10There is absolutely nothing wrong with Microsoft CEOs making this kind of cash. If they can afford it, let them pay it.
However, do not come to Congress asking for monetary assistance to combat 'piracy' as piracy is eating at their profits. - blantonious, on 10/01/2008, -1/+10My thought exactly. At this point would he really care if he even got paid. Dude must just love doing what he does.
- hansolo, on 10/01/2008, -1/+10This is how CEOs should be paid - with bonus compensation tied into performance and no golden parachutes.
Salary should be reasonable - around 20 to 30x the average full time employee salary.
Not the 200x we are seeing nowadays
Not that I'm advocating laws to deal with this. Just that corporate governance need to be improved somehow to ensure CEOs do not rip off companies like Home Depot CEO a while back. - inactive, on 10/01/2008, -1/+10maybe now he can get some more DEVELOPERS!
- Miche1987, on 10/01/2008, -1/+10Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers
- bry789123, on 10/01/2008, -0/+9He is a billionaire, thats why he only takes so little. I still commend him on this though.
- theragu40, on 10/01/2008, -0/+8are you implying he doesn't already have one? I'm betting he does.
- WiZZLa, on 10/01/2008, -0/+7Other things, such as backdated stocks and paying lesser taxes for that $1 salary.
- mserna23, on 10/01/2008, -0/+7Microsoft is still pretty successful despite and Apple's and Google's emergence in the tech industry. It's the CEOs and corrupted leadership in unsuccessful companies who make the big $$$ are the ones to be disgusted about.
- ICSU, on 10/01/2008, -0/+7He makes profit on his MS shares. This is pocket money.
- Torley, on 10/01/2008, -0/+7I can see Ballmer going: "WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" right now.
How many other CEOs of such a public and prominent company are able to have such visible fun? Here's why I admire him: http://torley.com/why-i-admire-steve-ballmer - ldkronos, on 10/01/2008, -0/+7Are you kidding? The guy's nearly an Olympic athlete. Have you seen the way he can throw a chair?
- whahaa, on 10/01/2008, -1/+7exactly. you can't paint flames on microsoft.
- fluffyturtle, on 10/01/2008, -3/+9Jobs makes a lot, he is technically paid $1 so that he skirts taxes but considering the company buys anything he asks for and pays his bills for everything he basically has a blank check. Normally the downside to this is that you don't have money saved up, to get around this Jobs' stock in Apple is his savings account.
- CarStan, on 10/01/2008, -1/+7how much did Gates get? seems all his fortune comes from the stocks he kept as a founder
- dalittle, on 10/01/2008, -1/+7Maybe they make Ballmer pay for the chairs he throws.
- illDecree, on 10/01/2008, -0/+6um.... cleartype has been around for much longer than Vista
- inactive, on 10/01/2008, -0/+6Jobs gets paid a ***** if you do a legit head to head comparison to Ballmer.
Ballmer - $1.35 million and no equity
Jobs - $1 and a over $8.5 million in shares of apple stock as exercisable options - none exercised in fy07.
http://people.forbes.com/profile/steve-jobs/6608
Steve Jobs effectively made over 5 times as much as Ballmer did in 2007. - inactive, on 10/01/2008, -2/+8***** you! Have a go-cart.
- Stroggoth, on 10/01/2008, -1/+7For all the groaning about Microsoft, they are still healthy, making sound decisions and making new products that are decent. If you happen to be a shareholder, they look pretty good, despite the flat price growth, especially in these times.
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