CEO Pay: Big Bucks for Tech's Chief Executives

Salaries, bonuses, perks and stock awards added up to big pay packages for tech CEOs in 2008.

By Ann Bednarz, Network World

Dan Warmenhoven's 2008 pay package included a $786,538 salary; $507,160 performance-based cash bonus; $1.2 million in nonqualified deferred compensation earnings; and stock and option awards valued at $3.6 million at the time they were granted. His compensation fell 23% from 2007, when Warmenhoven received a package valued at $7.9 million. Revenue for NetApp's 2008 fiscal year, ended April 25, grew to $3.3 billion, up 18% from $2.8 billion a year earlier. Net income climbed 4% to $309.7 million, up from $297.7 million in fiscal '07.
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