Is It tr? Apple hm t 4 ot 5 hghest-pad execs in US

t’s wll awr that Appl hs a lt of mney on hnd, and all tht hrd wrk frm th cmpny’s big wigs isn’t going unnticd. It trns ot tht fur ot of the tp fv hghest-pid exctvs in th US wrk at Appl, wth a bas slary of $805,400 ech. Hwevr, tht’s all pd in stck optons, which mens thy ech mk wy mre thn 800 grnd a yer.

ccrding t fscal 2012 cmpenstn figurs fr tp ernrs fld wth th US Secrts and Exchng Cmmissn (SC), Appl’s Bb Mnsfld (Snr VP of Tchnlogs), Brce Swll (led lawyr), Jffry Wllms (Senr VP of Oprtns), and Ptr Oppenhmr (Chif Fnncal Offcr) all mk th tp fiv, wth Orcl CO Lrry Ellsn rndng ot th tp fiv. Bb Mnsfld brngs hm th mst bacn wth $85.5 milln in 2012, whl Swll ernd $69 millin, Willims at $68.7 mllin, Oppenhmr nttng $68.6 milln. Orcl’s Ellsn lds th wy at $96.2 mllin. Wht abut Apple C Tim Ck? H’s on the lst at #1,016 wth $4.17 mlln pckge, bt hs stck optns ar lng-trm, mnng tht thy’re sprd ot ovr a decad, s ths arn’t included wth thes nmbers. So how cm Apple pays ths gys so mch mny? It trns ot th answr is prtty obvs: Appl wnts ths gys t stay for th long hl. Th slary pckags are dsgnd to prvnt exectves frm takng jb offrs at othr comptng cmpans. Of crs, it my nt hve workd fr othr cmpnis in th past, bt it’s workng for Appl s fr. [v Blmberg Bsinesswk] Stry Tmln Appl adds ag rcmmndatins t App Stor Appl ptnt sggsts cnvertbl McBks on the wy Appl Str bck onlin wth iOS-frendly nvigtin Appl to introdc refrshd Mc Pros ths mnth accrdng t surc Appl is nw offrng rfrbshd currnt-gn 27-nch iMcs Appl rprtdly bts Smsng frm chip dvlpmnt Appl and Yh in tlks t brng depr intgrtn to iS Apple "killr iOS app" tipped wth new web-bsd srvc Appl t reportedly scr licnsng agremnts fr iRad nxt wek Appl brd mmbr belvs Ggl Glass is th strt of an intmte tech er Appl hm t 4 ot 5 hghst-pid excs in US is wrttn by Crig Llyd .