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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by lordgrenville on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @04:48AM (#24564617)
That is shocking if true, but doesn't seem to be?

AMD's Lisa Su was the highest-paid CEO of a company in the S&P 500 last year. Su earned a total of $58.5 million in 2019 [0]

Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's top executive, was paid $2.4m in 2018 [1]

[0] https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/01/tech/lisa-su-amd-highest-...

[1] http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by doc_gunthrop on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:56PM (#24570574)
Can you even compare Mitchell Baker to Lisa Su in terms of achievement?

Su revived a company on the verge of bankruptcy. Since she was appointed CEO, AMD's stock has soared and they've made themselves a viable competitor against Intel. This has been a massive boon to the market.

It's worth noting that Su has a deep understanding of the underlying technology that the company works on (she's an electrical engineer), which was essential to her success at the company.

Su is an example of merit-based compensation. Baker is not.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by ZephyrBlu on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @05:08AM (#24564747)
From your first article: "In 2019, she earned $1 million in base salary and a $1.2 million performance-based bonus.".

So not 4x, but 2x based on base salary.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by lordgrenville on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @05:21AM (#24564824)
Good point. It is misleading to compare base pay rather than overall comp, though.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by ric2b on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @05:12PM (#24572102)
overall comp is heavily biased towards stock performance. Given AMD's exceptional performance in recent years it's natural to expect her overall comp to also be quite good.
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