This is far from the full picture. He got a generous stock options deal and a corporate jet.
He absolutely deserved those for his achievements, but the $1 salary was a brilliant piece of "optics" that would fit nicely into headlines. According to the link below, this was equivalent to almost $40m per year in benefits.
Of course, no one remembers the mouthy paragraph above, and the "$1 salary" thing get remembered.
He absolutely deserved those for his achievements, but the $1 salary was a brilliant piece of "optics" that would fit nicely into headlines. According to the link below, this was equivalent to almost $40m per year in benefits.
Of course, no one remembers the mouthy paragraph above, and the "$1 salary" thing get remembered.
http://www.quora.com/Steve-Jobs-2011-biography/Was-Steve-Job...