Elon Musk got his big payday. But Salesforce's Marc Benioff might not be so lucky.

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Salesforce CEO and cofounder Marc Benioff
Shareholders voted against a pay package for Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and other top executives.

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Target's CEO made 719 times the median employee's pay last year

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Target CEO Brian Cornell's is in charge of 415,000 workers across 1,956 retail stores across the US.

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Why Warren Buffett only gets paid $100,000 a year — a fraction of his deputy's $20 million salary

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Warren Buffett.

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defends his $193 million compensation package

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Steve Huffman receives a fixed salary of $341,346 and the rest of his compensation in shares.

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Why don't many executives take pay cuts to avoid layoffs? An ex-Microsoft HR VP explains.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right).

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Costco's outgoing CEO made 336 times the median worker's pay — a lower ratio than Walmart and Target

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Costco's Craig Jelinek received $16.8 million in compensation for his final year as CEO.

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Elon Musk jabs at Lucid after its CEO raked in $379 million of total compensation last year

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Elon Musk.

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