% minorities: 45
U.S. employees: 37,806Headquarters: Austin
Website: www.wholefoods.com
What makes it so great? Whole Foods has long had a salary cap limiting pay of top execs, currently at 19 times average full-time pay. But founder and CEO John Mackey went further, reducing his salary to $1 and forgoing all future stock options.
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