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Don't worry, the vest is back loaded and he'll get pip'd before that kicks in

Why does it count as 2021 total comp if it doesn't fully vest until 2031?

So 21 million a year. Levels.fyi has an SDE III at 355k a year [0] and a level above that at 538k which is usually what most pure IC managers are at. That's a 57% comp for moving up one level moving. 21,000,000/350,000 = 60x. If they have say 8 managers between IC and CEO, thats 60^(1/9) = 57.6% comp growth per level.

Doesn't seem so ridiculous of a compensation if you want to keep the carrot above the stick at each level of the management chain.

[0]: https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries/software-en...

>He was awarded 61,000 shares that would vest over 10 years, worth $211,933,520, when he became CEO.

How did they get $211,933,520? 61,000 shares multiplied by the price at the time (eyeballing the chart, the 2021 price looks to be around $160) gets you $9,760,000.

There was a stock split