近日，蘋果CEO庫克工資下降一事登上微博熱搜，引起網友熱議。
蘋果向美國證監會提交的2019年委託書顯示，蘋果CEO蒂姆•庫克2019財年的總收入為1.25億美元（約合人民幣8.7億元），較2018財年的1.36億美元下降了8%。而除去持有的股票期權，庫克的薪酬為1160萬美元（約合人民幣8079萬元），較去年同期下降超35%。
Apple CEO Tim Cook saw his annual pay slip to 11.6 million U.S. dollars in 2019 after the company registered a weaker financial performance compared with the previous year, according to documents filed on Friday.
儘管如此，其薪酬依然是蘋果員工同年薪酬中值的201倍。
網友紛紛表示，“有錢人的薪酬下降和我們不是一個概念”。
但庫克並不是唯一一位出現降薪的蘋果高管。CFO盧卡•梅斯特里和COO傑夫•威廉姆斯2019年全年總薪酬均下降至2520萬美元，2018年則為2650萬美元。
Cook, who took home 15.7 million U.S. dollars in 2018, is paid a base salary of three million U.S. dollars, in addition to a bonus and various compensations. His 2019 incentive bonus, which is tied to Apple's performance, tallied about 7.7 million U.S. dollars, and was calculated based on the fact that Apple exceeded its sales target by only 28 percent. That compared with 12 million U.S. dollars in 2018, based on the company exceeding its sales target by 100 percent, the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said.
Apple CEO and Auburn graduate Tim Cook pumps his fists to celebrate the school's win in an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Auburn, U.S., November 30, 2019. /AP Photo
據悉，庫克的年收入包括年薪300萬美元、獎金767萬美元以及其它收入共88.5萬美元，其中包括蘋果為其提供的安保費用45.7萬美元，個人航空旅行費用31.53萬美元，終身保險費、度假現金等支出共計9.2萬美元。此外，庫克還持有價值1.135億美元的已歸屬蘋果股票，這也是庫克2019財年薪酬的最大來源。
Cook's 2019 pay was also reported to include another 885,000 U.S. dollars worth of benefits, most of which were for security and use of a private jet. "For security and efficiency reasons, the board requires Mr. Cook to use private aircraft for all business and personal travel," the filing said. Apart from his salary, Cook also saw more than 113 million U.S. dollars worth of Apple shares become vested as part of his long-term compensation as head of the firm, according to the filing.
不過，庫克的2020年開局還算不錯。他與HBO前CEO理查德•普雷普勒簽訂了為期五年的獨家制作合同。隨著Apple TV+在去年11月的推出，蘋果也將在本月晚些時候或2月初發布新年的第一筆收入，公佈流媒體服務的第一批訂閱者數量。
As iPhone sales have weakened, Apple has been shifting to earnings from digital content and services sold to the legions of fans of its devices. Apple reported net sales of 260.2 billion U.S. dollars and operating income of 63.9 billion U.S. dollars for 2019, it said in the filing.