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RATE YOUR PAYCHECK: DO YOU EARN WHAT YOU DESERVE?
In these rough times you probably want to stick to your job. But maybe there's room for salary negotiations? Or: are you on a job hunt? And you want to know whether the payment is fair? We can help you find the answers to the questions that drive your important career decisions.
Find out about your pay: compare your earnings against what other people get for the same job in the same state with our free, independent Salary Calculator. In return, to keep our Calculator updated, share your Salary and Job Information and fill out our anonymous Salary Survey.
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Steve Jobs - Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Apple Inc.
Annual salary: $1 - since 1997
Bonus 2007: $0
Net worth: $5.7 bil
Owns: 5.5 mil shares of Apple Stock, stake worth about $9 bil - largest package Disney shares, stake worth about $4.7 bil.
Bio: born USA, 1955 - Reed College drop out - Married, 4 children.
Larry Page - Co-founder and President of Products of Google Inc.
Annual Salary: $1 - since 2005
Net Worth: $12 bil
Bonus 2008: $0
Owns: 29.1 mil shares of "Class B" common stock Google, which means they carry greater voting power
than ordinary shares, worth about $13 bil.
Bio: born USA, 1973 - Master Stanford University - Married, no kids
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Governor of California
Annual Salary: $0 - since 2003 he donates his governor salary to charities.
Net Worth: estimated at $100 – $200 mil, but his complete fortune - including the stocks, bonds,
business investments and real estate he owns - is actually estimated
anywhere in between $800–$900 mil.
Bio: born Austria - B.A.University of Wisconsin-Superior - Married, 4 kids.
Sergey Brin - Co-founder and President Technology of Google Inc.
Annual Salary: $1 - since 2005
Net Worth: $12 bil
Bonus 2007: $0
Owns: 28.6 mil shares of "Class B" common stock Google, which means they carry greater voting power
than ordinary shares, worth about $13 bil.
Bio: born Russia, 1973 - Master Stanford University - Married, no kids
Bill Ford - Chairman of Ford Motor Company
Annual Salary: $1 - since 2001
Owns: since 2005 an array of stock grants and options worth some $18 million as part of a bonus. In 2008 a Ford spokesman said Bill Ford had foregone
compensation estimated between $25 million and $33 million
during the three years of his no-pay vow. The Ford family retains 40
percent of voting power at the company through a separate class
of shares.
Bio: born USA, 1957 - Princeton University - Married, 4 children
Jerry Yang - Chairman, CEO and Chief Yahoo! of Yahoo! Inc.
Annual Salary: $1 - since 2007
Net Worth: $2.3 bil
Owns: 54.1 mil shares Yahoo
Bio: born Taiwan, 1968 - B.S and M.S. Stanford University - Married, 1 kid
Jeffrey Katzenberg - Co-founder and CEO DreamWorks Animation SKG
Annual Salary: $1 - since 2004
Net Worth: $859 mil in 2006
Owns: 36.4 million (of Class A & Class B) shares, worth an estimated $109.2 million. In addition, 618,571 shares of Class A restricted stock with performance-based vesting conditions granted to Katzenberg at the time of its October 2004 IPO will vest in the first quarter of 2009. As of January 12, 2007, these shares had a value of $18.53 million.
Bio: born USA, 1950 - University New York drop out - Married, 2 kids - board member of a variety of institutes
Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City
Annual Salary: $1 - since 2002
Net worth: $11.5 bil
Owns: 68% stake in Bloomberg L.P.
Bio: born USA, 1942 - B.S. Johns Hopkins University, M.B.A. Harvard University - Divorced, 2 kids
Henry Samueli - Co-founder, chairman and CTO Broadcom Co.
Annual Salary: $1
Net Worth: $2.3 bil
Owns: NHL's Mighty Ducks of Anaheim with a value of $197 mil. - major share holder of Broadcom - received instead of salary in 2007 from Broadcom: $787,847 long-term compensation and 1,500,000 stock options Broadcom worth $12,090,000
Bio: born: USA, 1954 - B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California - Married, 3 kids
John Corzine - Governor of New Jersey
Annual salary: $1 - since 2006, his governor salary goes back to the state
Net worth: hundreds of millions dollars, shares and payment as former Goldman Sachs CEO
Bio: born USA, 1947 - M.B.A. University of Chicago - Divorced, 3 children
Sources: Wikipedia - New York Times - New York Times - Stateline
And more to come:
Eric Schmidt - CEO Google, Richard Fairbank - CEO Capital One, Ralph Robert - Founder Comcast, Rich Kinder - CEO Kinder Morgan, David Zinberg - CEO Bidz.com, James Li – President and CEO Syntax-Brillian Corp., Phil Bredesen – governor Tennessee, James Rogers - CEO Duke Energy
Do You Get a Fair Pay?
Check your salary: compare your earnings against what other people get for the same job in the same state with our free, independent Salary Calculator. In return, to keep our Calculator updated, share your Pay and Job Info and fill out our anonymous Salary Survey.
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