Google Gives $100 Million Award to Outgoing CEO

joshfraser15y ago· 2 in thread

Keep in mind Eric has been taking a $1/year salary since joining Google. Not that he has suffered financially at all due to his equity holding in the company, but I doubt anyone would argue this is well deserved.

mistermann15y ago

I don't know, I would say it's certainly debatable. Would things really be that different had he not been there? Could someone else done a similar job for say, only $50 million (and the same compensation due to options)?

I don't have any particular opinion in this instance, but discussions of this nature seem to be forbidden for some reason.

SoftwareMaven15y ago

I don't think you can second guess like that, since there is no way to answer the question. In a world of infinite possibilities (second guessing the past), everything is possible but meaningless.

All you can do is ask "Did he accomplish his job in such a way as to deserve earning $100M over the course of 10 years?" I think the answer to that is probably yes.

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raheemm15y ago· 1 in thread

Isn't he a billionaire from Google stock?! Seems like exec compensation has no logic...

code_duck15y ago

He's arranged to sell $335 million of stock later this year, also.

benologist15y ago

Should have said he was going to Facebook, they'd have given him a billion.

vladd15y ago

Non-trimmed article links:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-21/google-said-to-gran...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/google-er...

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