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HP CEO Whitman Earned One Dollar Plus $16 Million in 2011

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 3 at 7:27 am PT

CEO Meg Whitman may have taken only a one-dollar salary upon taking the job. But her stock-based compensation totaled more than $16 million last year.

Steve Ballmer Gets a “B” Grade From Microsoft’s Board

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 3, 2011 at 4:45 pm PT

Still, the CEO’s performance was good enough to warrant a bonus equivalent to 100 percent of his base salary. But it could have been higher. If only Windows Phone sales were better.

Apple Opposes Proposal on CEO Succession Planning

John Paczkowski in News on January 7, 2011 at 9:45 am PT

A few noteworthy nuggets from Apple’s 2011 Proxy Statement, filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The most interesting, a strongly worded rebuttal to a shareholder proposal calling on the company to adopt a written CEO-succession-planning policy.

Sun CEO: Parting Is Such Tweet Sorrow

John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz was the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to put up his own blog. Late Wednesday night, he became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to step down from that position via Twitter.

Exclusive: Sun CEO Set to Resign

John Paczkowski in News on January 25, 2010 at 11:53 am PT

If Sun CEO Jon Schwartz’s recent all-hands memo to employees had all the sentimentality of a farewell letter, it’s likely because he’s preparing to leave the company. Sources close to Sun tell me Schwartz will soon resign as CEO, leaving the company in the hands of new owner Oracle and its very profit-minded leadership.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Friends and Family Fly for Free, Frequently

Peter Kafka in Media on March 24, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

Google’s new 2008 proxy statement looks a lot like Google’s proxy statements from previous years: It tells us that the company’s top executives received nice bonuses, though slightly smaller than last year’s. And Google’s ruling troika–CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page–all took home salaries of $1. One smallish change: Eric Schmidt’s friends and families spent a lot more time with him on the company jet last year.