Google's chairman and former CEO made his $1 salary and $1,785 holiday bonus last year. But he also was compensated to the tune of $268,012 for personal security and $43,421 for the use of business planes that his family and friends also flew on.
This year will be a much bigger payday for Schimidt. He has sold off 6% of his 9.2 million shares of Google in a move that netted him upwards of $300 million. He also got a $100 million stock award that will vest in 2015.
You don't have to work at Oracle or Apple to be among the top-paid executives in the technology industry, but it helps.
