Halligan: Ultra-wealthy CEO compensation must be pegged to net worth
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Brian Halligan (Co-Founder and Executive Chairperson of HubSpot) evaluates public tech CEO compensation packages using Dylan Field (Figma) and Elon Musk (Tesla) as examples.
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“But you kind of have to peg the comp to the net worth. Same thing with Elon Musk. Like if you paid Elon Musk, like Mary Barra makes twenty nine million dollars a year. You think Elon cares about twenty nine million dollars a year? So you have to kind of comp it to the CEO's net worth as opposed to just the peers.”
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