Nineteen years since its founding, the social media site is finally going public.

Reddit Files to Go Public, Reveals That It Paid CEO $193 Million Last Year::Nineteen years since its founding, the social media site is finally going public.

  • ShepherdPie@midwest.socialEnglish
    90·
    9 months ago

    How is that clickbait? Calling income “a bonus” doesn’t mean it isn’t money being paid out by the company. When my company gives me shares, it’s still income that I pay taxes on because it’s something with a tangible value that can be easily converted into cash.

    CEO salary being a small fraction of their total compensation is extremely common because wages are taxed higher than everything else. They structure it like this to avoid taxes. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg were/are paid $1 per year base salary and they’re two of the wealthiest people on the planet.

    • Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2116·
      9 months ago

      Sure, but the stock is illiquid until after the IPO, and its current value is only based on the value estimate given for the purpose of the IPO.

      He will still make bank unfortunately, but its not unusual for new IPOs to give stock options to CEOs with ridiculous values that don’t really mean anything until the stock is publicly trading and a true value is established by the market.