SUCCESS INSIDER: What people in the C-suites of Apple, Facebook, Disney, and 90 other big tech and media compa – Business Insider India

Earlier this month, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported that the average total CEO compensation for tech, media, and communications executives was higher than in all other sectors in 2019, at $26.3 million. The next highest-paid group of CEOs were those in the financial-services sector, whose average total compensation was $8 million less.

To help people better understand the compensation that technology and communications executives were receiving, we created a database of the most recent publicly available compensation data for information-technology and communications firms in the S&P 500.

Natasha Oakley has been an entrepreneur since graduating high school, when she founded her own production company out of her native Australia. Now with an Instagram following that tops 2 million, her business savvy has taken social media by storm, and the startup she cofounded on a $30,000 loan is a multimillion-dollar brand.

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Betty Thompson likes to ask job candidates how they managed their last job change and she's listening for signs that they're proactive about their professional development. The most successful Booz Allen Hamilton employees, she said, take ownership of their careers.

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Shamil Thakrar is the cofounder of one of the UK's most successful Indian restaurant groups, Dishoom, which serves 40,000 diners annually and employs 900 people. He revealed how the hard-headed business principles of profit he was programmed with are "completely wrong" and outlined his playbook for expanding a successful business.

Mask-wearing and working from home have caused lipstick sales to slump during the pandemic. But some brands, including Mented, have found ways to boost their sales and their strategies could change the cosmetics industry forever.

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Peloton's business of stationary at-home bikes, treadmills, and subscription workout classes blossomed during the pandemic as people searched for safe exercise options. The company capitalized on that fortuitous timing by meeting customers where they found themselves at the start of the pandemic quarantined at home, trying to establish new routines.

Matt Bauscher is one of Boise's top real estate agents, and recently used a "no cap" offer to win an in-demand home for his clients, at $125,000 over ask. Bauscher says he's done hundreds of escalation clauses before but never a "no cap" deal: "No one had ever heard of what we did here either."

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SUCCESS INSIDER: What people in the C-suites of Apple, Facebook, Disney, and 90 other big tech and media compa - Business Insider India