On January 7, according to a statement filed by Apple with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple CEO Tim Cook's base salary, stock and other compensation totaled $9,870 (about 630 million yuan), far more than the $14.77 million (about 95 million yuan) in 2020.
Mr. Cook's base salary for 2021 is $3 million and stock rewards are more than $82 million, including $44.8 million in performance-based stock awards and $37.5 million in time-based stock awards. So far, the shares have not been owned, meaning Cook is free to sell.
In addition to the above revenue, Cook received $12 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation and nearly $14 million in "other compensation." In addition, there are financial compensation such as $23,077 for vacation expenses, $630,630 for security expenses, and $712488 for personal air travel. A technology company worthy of being the most valuable by market capitalization, not only has a lot of benefits, but even the CEO commutes to a private jet, which is said to be for safety reasons.
It is worth mentioning that Cook also has more than 5 million shares of Apple stock in 2021, with a total net profit of $754 million. However, Cook acquired the stock in 2020, so the 754 million knives net he made last year did not count his "salary". Surprisingly, Cook is also a master of savings, and his net worth has exceeded $1 billion.
As the "strongest hit worker" in the technology industry, Cook's annual income is a bit less than that of some domestic giants with goods. Xiao Lei found that the annual income of the domestic "first sister" Wei Ya is about 2.7 billion yuan, and although the annual income of the Apple CEO is higher than last year, it is not as good as a quarter of Wei Ya's, and it is estimated that the income from several live broadcasts can match his salary for one year.
Cook's salary continues to rise sharply, which should be inseparable from the hot sales of the iPhone 13. According to data released by CNNO Research, the iPhone 13 sold 2.72 million units in December last year for the second consecutive month in the macro domestic market. Compared with the iPhone 12, the latest Apple mobile phone has a significant improvement in battery life, which well satisfies iPhone users with "battery life anxiety", and the starting price is also a little cheaper than the previous generation.
If nothing else, Apple will launch the entry-level 5G iPhone SE this year, as well as the newly designed iPhone 14 series, as Predicted by Bloomberg, the demand for 5G iPhone will continue to grow. It is not difficult to see that Cook's basic salary in 2022 may be doubled.