What bothers me is the CEO goes out and recruits (convinces) the best people he/she can find. Gets them to work for the company. And the founders/CEO/principals collect almost all of the money. Based on the hard work of others. All the money goes to number 1. If you want to be well compensated you have to start your own company. Or come across a Steve Case, or Khosla/McNealy. And even then you may have to demand (Joy/Andy Bechtolsheim) better compensation.