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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (52527)	8/22/2002 6:16:07 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Respond to of 54805

>>I've heard that Gates instead took shares of stock over the years >i've never heard of that. <snip>i think his position at >MSFT is somewhat like Buffet's at BRK: he's basically >working for "free" and receives his compensation in long- >term share price appreciation (or relative stability in >the past few years). Neither Gates nor Ballmer took options in last 3 years at least. Both earn average salary of ~500K per year (compare that to some bozos in other companies that get 4-5M!). Other top executives at MSFT do get a lot of options. I did not calculate exactly how much. Their salaries are similar to Gates/Ballmer. Jurgis