So we all know that Steve Jobs sadly passed away two days ago and that he changed the world in more ways than we could ever imagine. BUTTT did you know that ever since he took the company back over as CEO in 1997 his salary has been $1.00. That's not to say he was having hard time making ends meet. He owned 5.5 million shares of stock valued at $377 per share. Surprisingly he was only the 110th richest man in the world after his sale of Pixar for 7 Billion. If he hadn't sold his original shares in Apple after being force to leave from Apple, the company he had started with Steve Wozniak in his parents garage, he would have been the 5th wealthiest man on the planet. I respect a man who sets his own salary at $1.00 and doesn't give himself outlandish million dollar bonuses no matter how the company performs like those big investment firms do. He turned that company around.
On a side note Jobs once said about Bill Gates that "He'd be a braoder guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." hahahaha. Could you imagine Bill Gates dropping acid? Hmmm maybe he did? That would explain the flying toaster screen saver...
RIP STEVE JOBS
...thank you...
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