No. The board of directors gave Tim Cook feedback on his compensation, he responded with a new compensation level in line with the feedback, the board voted it through, and Tim Cook accepted the decision. It was not on his own initiative.
Of course not. I'd never be so clumsy to reveal my secret identity. I did forget that sarcasm gets down voted on HN. My bad:)
Or maybe the typo in your original comment had an impact?