Nope, he get's the money because he founded a company and didn't immediately drive it into the ground.

Founders tend to maintain their seats at the table because they were the guys to originally build the table in the first place, and thus have political privilege.

He gets paid big bucks to lead a company like Uber and be held accountable by the board, not some random stranger. You seem to have some romanticized view of the world that's not congruent with reality.