6 CEOs Who Earned $1 a Year

2. Steve Jobs, Apple
Salary: $1

He is one of the most pioneering members in shaping up the fame and royalty Apple enjoys today. In 1997 when the company was going through a bad phase, Jobs was asked to join Apple back. Jobs only took a buck salary and took all possible measures to boost up the company’s fortune. Jobs took only $1 salary while providing the stake holders an 8,333 percent return.

3. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
Salary: $1

April 28th 2013 social media giant Facebook announced that their founder and CEO Zuckerberg will be taking $1 as his salary this year. No, his not exactly taking any oath of leading a charitable life! Zuckerberg still has 60 million stock options left with him after selling his half stocks to pay his tax bill.

In 2011 Zuckerberg received a $500,000 salary in 2011 and the same year he received a bonus of $220,500.

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