Google has given departing CEO Eric Schmidt a $100m leaving gift for all his hard work. That must have needed a pretty big envelope to pass around the office. Most of us are lucky if we get a few drinks bought. Google is awarding Schmidt with $100m in equity, meaning he’ll be getting somewhere in the region of 165,000 shares in Google. They’ll be headed his way on 2 Feb, and leave him with 9.1% of Google’s shareholder voting rights.
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[via Fast Company]
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