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CEOs silent millions, DEI dies, Altman’s sorry, Gorman’s Disney problem, Chip Wilson won’t leave
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Story of the Week (DR):
Happy (?) May Day MM
May Day 2026: Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025
Rivian Sold 42,247 Cars And Paid Its CEO [RJ Scaringe] $403 Million, Or 15 Jim Farleys
Comcast Co-CEO Mike Cavanagh Lands $72 Million Pay Package For 2025
Google co-founder [Sergey Brin] rips California billionaire tax: 'I fled socialism'
ONE-TIME wealth tax: The proposal would impose a 5% tax on net worth above the $1 billion threshold for people who were California residents as of Jan. 1, 2026, with some assets like real estate and certain retirement accounts excluded
~$13B, with certain exclusions this figure could drop to $9B (the approximate value of his real estate empire)
This is the equivalent of $2,500 if you earn $50,000
Ken Griffin slams Mamdani for singling him out as a 'profound lack of judgment,' ripping socialist bent
Bill Ackman to New York City Mayor Mamdani: Don't scare away the billionaires
CEOs got millions after boards ‘neutralized’ the impact of tariffs. Some won't say what it was worth
RTX CEO Christopher Calio: $27.7 million in compensation last year
At its January 2025 board meeting, the compensation committee of RTX pre-authorized the removal of tariff impacts on business metrics related to Calio’s pay months before President Trump announced a set of s