As the CEO of a tech giant, what is Cook's annual salary?
According to a statement filed by Apple with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple CEO Tim Cook's total compensation in 2021 last year was $98.73 million (about 630 million yuan).
That includes Cook's base salary of $3 million, and he himself received $82.34 million in stock awards from Apple, awarded in chronological installments, including $44.8 million in performance-based stock and $37.5 million in time-based stock, which has not yet been awarded.
In addition, Cook received $12 million in non-equity-based compensation and $1.38 million in other compensation, including $23,000 in vacation expenses, $630,000 in security expenses, and $710,000 in personal air travel expenses.
It is said that for safety reasons, Apple asked Cook to travel by private jet.
In addition, Cook received more than 5 million shares of Apple stock last year, worth $754 million, but it was provided in earlier years and only awarded this year, and it is not included in the total compensation in 2021.
In this regard, some netizens joked that the salary is not much, just enough for the Internet celebrities to make up a tax. Originating from the previous anchor Wei Ya who was suspected of evading taxes of 643 million yuan and other underpayment of taxes of 0.6 billion, she was recovered and fined 1.341 billion yuan.
