1. Mark Zuckerberg Voluntarily Dropped His Facebook CEO Annual Salary From More Than £345,000 ($500,000) In 2012 To £0.68 ($1) The Following Year
Mark Zuckerberg is one of the world's richest people - yet his annual salary as CEO of Facebook is now just £0.68, or $1 a year. Having taken home an annual salary of £345,000 ($500,000) in 2012, Zuckerberg then decided to join the "Dollar-a-year men" in 2013. With the likes of Steve Jobs and Michael Bloomberg also having taken annual salaries of just one dollar a year, it is becoming a common thing for American CEOs - although these wages do not include any shares they are given or bonuses granted, which can often total several million. Still, Zuckerberg has an estimated personal wealth of more than £17billion ($35billion) - so he isn't exactly struggling for a bob or two...
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