[tsycho]

Actually, even in the banking industry, most CEOs have a salary between $0.6-1 million/year. The real money is in the bonus.

[pavs]

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/