Glenn, poor Jeff's salary stays at $81,840 pa. That must be why he had to sell 2,950,000 shares a couple of months ago. >>BEZOS JEFFREY P CB 2/8/2002 Sell 2,950,000 $11.640<< Bezos' salary stays at $81,840 Jeff Bezos, the chief executive and founder of Seattle online retailer Amazon.com, drew a salary of $81,840 in 2001, according to a proxy filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bezos has drawn the same salary for at least three years.
As in previous years, he didn't collect a bonus in 2001. Bezos is the company's largest shareholder, with 111,763,566 shares of Amazon.com stock, or 29.8 percent of the class.
Mark Britto, senior vice president at Amazon, received a 29 percent raise in 2001. His salary climbed from $116,000 to $150,000.
He also received a $1 million bonus, part of a promotion bonus awarded the year before.
Amazon shares closed yesterday at $14.26. |