[jpurnell]

1) Yes, and it was from a stock award for him hitting targets set in 2011

2) From https://www.ft.com/content/17ecb0a0-8e60-4d02-b1fc-f497c9e31... [paywall]:

"Tim Cook’s triumph as Jobs’ successor has been so unparalleled that the numbers don’t speak for themselves so much as they scream: Apple’s market value has grown by more than $700m a day from when Cook took over in August 2011 to this week when it struck $3tn, before falling back."

I think 1/7th of one day's market appreciation for ten years' work is fair.

[ipaddr]

Put that way it seems so fair. Why not offer that to the average Apple employee?