[echelon_musk]

That's mind blowing to me. I'd imagine they out earn a significant percentage of HN posters!

[ceejayoz]

They're CEOs of fairly large organizations, often managing thousands of employees and budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars.

[shrubble]

That’s spending that is all on autopilot; how much time does any CEO spend on payroll? Approximately zero.

[ceejayoz]

They aren't being paid the big bucks to sign off on a payroll run.

They're being paid to manage the parts of the organizations that do that sort of thing, among others.

[hrimfaxi]

And they get pensions!