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by input_sh 1060 days ago
> So shouldn't we look at the boards of things like the Wikimedia Foundation or the Internet Archive instead of bay area CEOs for comparison?

Sure, let's do that. Here's the highest paid employee of all three in 2021 (as that's the last year where there's data on all three):

Internet Archive: $158,777 (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943...)

Wikimedia Foundation: $406,339 (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200...)

Mozilla Foundation: $337,714 (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200...)

I wouldn't classify any of those salaries as exorbitantly large. Hell, I'm fairly certain at least some people shitting on them here earn more than that working at a for-profit.