Questions tagged [executive-compensation]
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What stops management from just "compensating" themselves by taking all the stock in a company?
One of the odd things about a lot of modern companies is that the management, meaning the senior officers (CEO, CFO, CTO, etc) can pay themselves in stock.
For example, Square's Jack Dorsey pays ...
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How are the $1 salaries that CEOs sometimes take considered legal?
I have been reading about various CEOs taking a $1 salary; typically they also take some from of alternate compensation, e.g. stock options.
However, very rarely one will take a $1 salary with no ...