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by pavs 5755 days ago
> And in any case, most CEOs don't make a HUGE salary.

You should check out the banking industry.

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Actually, even in the banking industry, most CEOs have a salary between $0.6-1 million/year. The real money is in the bonus.
I think they accept such salaries because they know that the total compensation is much much higher. If there were no bonuses they would not accept such salaries. http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/storysupplement/ceopay/