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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by rhizome on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:13PM (#14547141)
A CEO's compensation is used to retain and motivate that talent to create value for the company.

How is this different than that of any other employee?

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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by bogomipz on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:56PM (#14547531)
It's not. And that's why the current ratio of CEO to regular employee pay is completely absurd.
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