compensation: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/compensation/ Everyone on the record about compensation: 12 verbatim quotes from 6 people, October 2011 to June 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:52 +0000 Bill Gurley: Gurley says he would offer Elon's Tesla compensation package to every company he's worked with. https://minutesof.com/q/0e85272c-8b19-4977-a595-2cd36856cc47/ https://minutesof.com/q/0e85272c-8b19-4977-a595-2cd36856cc47/ “that package, that type of package that they did for Elon, I've said this, you know, publicly, I would agree to that type of package for every company I've ever worked with, and most CEOs wouldn't take it. It basically says you don't make money unless the stock goes way up.” — Bill Gurley, The Knowledge Project Podcast Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:30 +0000 compensation Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove suggests US could pay $100,000 to each Greenland family as part of deal. https://minutesof.com/q/0b388c5f-af8d-43c9-89d5-19a49a83e504/ https://minutesof.com/q/0b388c5f-af8d-43c9-89d5-19a49a83e504/ “Part of the deal could be a $100,000 from The US for each Inuit family or each Greenland family. You know, they desperately need support.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, TalkTV Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:15:01 +0000 compensation Howard Lutnick: Lutnick gave employees who contributed 25% of payroll post-9/11 double their contribution from https://minutesof.com/q/cf9738c8-912d-4b1c-b024-4ce96d193202/ https://minutesof.com/q/cf9738c8-912d-4b1c-b024-4ce96d193202/ “we take a company of ours public, and it's the weirdest deal on Wall Street, because I give my shares double what each of those people gave.” — Howard Lutnick, Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:06 +0000 compensation Howard Lutnick: Lutnick says three out of four new hires agreed to give 25 percent of their salary to 9/11 fam https://minutesof.com/q/38c3ef1e-3b9e-4df6-8991-5b497fb061a7/ https://minutesof.com/q/38c3ef1e-3b9e-4df6-8991-5b497fb061a7/ “I go, But, I have to send 50,000 to the family so I can only pay you $150,000 Right. So, only one out of four turned it down. Three out of four said, okay.” — Howard Lutnick, Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:06 +0000 compensation Dylan Patel: Patel reports hearing Meta offered over one billion dollars to a single OpenAI researcher. https://minutesof.com/q/622a3afb-844b-45b2-afe4-3976cf946d69/ https://minutesof.com/q/622a3afb-844b-45b2-afe4-3976cf946d69/ “I've heard a number for someone over 1,000,000,000 actually, for one person at OpenAI. But anyways, you know, it's a ridiculous amount of money,” — Dylan Patel, Matthew Berman Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:27:19 +0000 compensation Dylan Patel: Patel claims Meta offered over $1 billion to one OpenAI researcher as retention or acquisition of https://minutesof.com/q/6cadac54-f54f-42a8-b1ad-6eb1de375fd1/ https://minutesof.com/q/6cadac54-f54f-42a8-b1ad-6eb1de375fd1/ “And you said $100,000,000 I've heard a number for someone over 1,000,000,000 actually, for one person at OpenAI. But anyways, you know, it's a ridiculous amount of money,” — Dylan Patel, Matthew Berman Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:27:19 +0000 compensation Brad Gerstner: Gerstner says Google offers AI engineers $500K cash plus $1.5M in monthly-vesting RSUs, totalin https://minutesof.com/q/ad39ff58-d36d-43f2-a037-8a2259886766/ https://minutesof.com/q/ad39ff58-d36d-43f2-a037-8a2259886766/ “Okay? But instead of cash, for example, Google's offering 500,000 in cash plus a million and $0.5 in RSUs vesting monthly, right, to these engineers.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:32:49 +0000 compensation Bill Gurley: Gurley says he would offer Musk's compensation package to any CEO and would buy stock in companie https://minutesof.com/q/9542a103-9625-4b5d-bdb6-bb93b84c7d07/ https://minutesof.com/q/9542a103-9625-4b5d-bdb6-bb93b84c7d07/ “I would also say if any other CEO took a package like this, I would in a public company, I would be very encouraged to consider buying a lot of it.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:29:00 +0000 compensation Dylan Patel: Patel says Chinese firms offer TSMC engineers five hundred thousand dollars versus eighty to one- https://minutesof.com/q/86ac248f-4cf7-4321-a389-93eb8a7668ea/ https://minutesof.com/q/86ac248f-4cf7-4321-a389-93eb8a7668ea/ “In TSMC, they're getting paid, you know, only like 80 to 150 k. Right? Like USD. Right?” — Dylan Patel, Hidden Forces Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:00:36 +0000 compensation Bill Gurley: Gurley says Netflix executives choosing cash over stock makes management more thoughtful about ex https://minutesof.com/q/b8940ef7-0075-48e8-b478-0eba6630d48a/ https://minutesof.com/q/b8940ef7-0075-48e8-b478-0eba6630d48a/ “Netflix, they've let executives make a decision between cash and stock, and a lot of them have taken cash. And I personally think management is a lot more, thoughtful about cash expenditures,” — Bill Gurley, CNBC Television Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:11:42 +0000 compensation David Friedberg: Friedberg calculates median startup founder payoff at $300,000 over 49 months, or $73,000 ann https://minutesof.com/q/05f8967f-cc62-481a-8dd3-fe55b7938d99/ https://minutesof.com/q/05f8967f-cc62-481a-8dd3-fe55b7938d99/ “And assuming three founders, your median expected payoff to the founders would be about $300,000 each, which works out to an annualized salary equivalent of $73,000” — David Friedberg, Stanford eCorner Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:24:09 +0000 compensation David Friedberg: Friedberg estimates Google starting salaries at $105,000 for new graduates as a startup compa https://minutesof.com/q/5ab716a3-0117-44cb-82d6-0ecb0b173b58/ https://minutesof.com/q/5ab716a3-0117-44cb-82d6-0ecb0b173b58/ “And if you were to get a job at Google when you graduate, the anecdotal evidence suggests that your first year salary would be about $105,000 this year.” — David Friedberg, Stanford eCorner Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:24:09 +0000 compensation