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by klarrimore 3300 days ago
I'm not saying it wasn't true. I'm saying it was an empty gesture that was meant to meant to pacify the media and was successful in doing so.
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I don't anyone had any misconceptions about his compensation. $1 salaries are quite common, and at different times, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Jack Dorsey, and many more have done it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary

I'm aware. Steve Jobs just just the most famous example so I used it.