Extraordinary Synergy Founder Built It CEO Cashed It: Valuing Legacy vs. Leadership
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Elon Musk may become the world's first trillion-dollar CEO. This reflects a broader trend: from 1978 to 2023, CEO compensation increased by more than 1,085%, while U.S. average worker pay grew by only about 11%. What was a 57-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990 expanded to nearly 268-to-1 by 2023, revealing a widening gap between executive and workforce compensation. Elon Musk is both a CEO and a Leader. In such rare cases, extraordinary compensation may be justified by exceptional vision,...






















