Big CEO salaries are a scam.
Between 1978 and 2014, inflation-adjusted CEO pay in the U.S. increased by almost 1,000%, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Meanwhile, typical workers saw a pay raise of just 11% during that same period.
Rest assured profits did not increase 1000% in that period.
Competent personnel could be found for half of Samarasekera's salary.