The same could be said for any other employees.  Programmers, warehouse workers or whatever.  Maybe they could be paid for the difference they make too.  Yet this doesn&#x27;t happen, because the supply side is important as well, as well as the lack of power these people have.<p>From what I see, finding the right guy to manage a company is very hit and miss in the real world.  Just look at Ron Johnson.  He was previously senior vice president of retail operations at Apple, and then hired as CEO of J.C. Penny.  He was fired as CEO from J.C. Penny in 2013, after retail sales were down by 32% and stock prices fell steeply.  This was despite him having a very successful tenure at Apple.  The pricing should factor in the uncertainty and risk of the performance of someone in the position of CEO.<p>I have probably have not touched most of things that could be issues here, such as corruption, and that some CEOs are just extremely incompetent.  I remember a CEO that was given 250 million dollars to leave because he had that much negative impact on the company he was running.  This was someone that the board thought was a great hire.<p>Anyway, I find the post I am replying to is way too simplistic and looks at CEOs with extremely rose coloured glasses.  There is a lot more to consider.