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Facebook discloses details on bonuses

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing.

Facebook Inc. said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will pay Zuckerberg, 27, a base salary of $500,000 per year. Zuckerberg's 45 percent target bonus will be based on his performance.

Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will receive a base salary of $300,000. Her target bonus is also 45 percent.

David Ebersman will continue to serve as chief financial officer and he will get a base salary of $300,000.

Mike Schroepfer, Facebook's vice president of engineering, will receive a base salary of $275,000. Both he and Ebersman have a target bonus of 45 percent.

That said, the bulk of the windfall Zuckerberg and others will earn will be in the form of Facebook stock they own. The company said last week it plans to raise $5 billion in its IPO. If all goes as planned, Facebook could be worth as much as $100 billion.

Another executive, Vice President and General Counsel Theodore Ullyot, will receive a base salary of $275,000, according to the filing. He will also get a retention bonus of $400,000 per year for five years, as well as restricted stock and stock options.

 
  • C  •  3 months ago
    Facebook is not a social media company. They are a marketing organization. You freely signed up under the pretense of connecting with your friends, but in the process voluntarily gave Facebook marketing information. Every like, every post, every picture, every word, shows Facebook a marketing trend to give to a company for marketing purposes to allow them to advertise more effectively. You click like, and your the only one that likes it - Facebook knows its not that important. You click like, and 100000 other people do as well, Facebook knows it is important. They sell that information to marketers, and allow them to find marketing and consumer trends. That is how they make money. Get a clue.
    • M 3 months ago
      That's like saying CBS isn't a television station, it is a marketing organization. Free comes with a price.
    • Yorick Hunt 3 months ago
      What company ISN'T a "marketing company", you doofus? EVERY company has to "market" whatever its product or service. Durr hurrrr dur hurrrrrrr.
    • C 3 months ago
      A marketing organization in the sense that they sell marketing information to marketers. They are not marketing anything. They are selling your information to marketers. And you don't give CBS your information, or provide them with trending statistical data about markets. You just watch their programs, and advertisers pay to advertise. Facebook sells the data to those advertisers, staying with your CBS example, who are advertising on CBS, to allow them to know which goods and services you value, and what to create and market. Get it?
  • Expat  •  3 months ago
    The question I am still waiting to hear answered, and not just nonsense from armchair economists or crap off the top of their head, is "where is the revenue in Facebook?" There's almost no advertising, everything is made by the users and the site is free. How is there 100 billion in this company? With stocks like Apple you know it comes from sales of merchandise and music, but with Facebook I just can't find the source of the revenue to make it "worth" that much. It seems a rather fragile bubble that could pop or be copied easily.
    • Flash Political 3 months ago
      It's a money laundering operation - possibly for Obama's campaign. ;)
    • larry 3 months ago
      They sell information about the lambs who post to businesses looking for leads.
    • Benjamin 3 months ago
      its like everything else in the world. make believe money floating from one somebody to the next. and under it all lies real (Cash) money; that most the people are fighting to find a way to survive off of
  • christopher  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 months ago
    This salary is just play money for them, they are set for life with the millions they will get from the IPO. wether they received any salary , it wouldn't make a difference in their financial life. Imagine receiving 300 million , would making a salary of 1 million or so make a difference for you in life..
    • Michael 3 months ago
      The only thing I don't understand is how a person or company make money off the IPO if they don't have a product to sell. That is why we Americans are going through some crap right now. People are making money with IPO's and crap they just don't sell. Did you pay a dime for Facebook?
    • Jason 3 months ago
      it comes from ad revenue dollars. i dislike facebook and don't use it. if the world were made up of people like me, then Facebook would be worth nothing. regular people seem to dig it.
    • Cuong 3 months ago
      Most of US sectors produce nothing and it is the downfall of US. We have banks, insurance, media and such merely shift money around and most of the time they are the biggest scam to make money for the top.
  • Michelle M  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 months ago
    Maybe we should all get a real life instead of paying for someone to map it for us. Just a thought.
    • glowfish 3 months ago
      Glad to see intelligent life on here!
    • Robbie 3 months ago
      except you still read about this so obviously your life still has to do with FB
  • Deepak N  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 months ago
    These days mega IPO's are nothing more than a strategy companies use when they need to CASH OUT. And when do people cash out? right before the ride down. Enjoy holding your empty bag shareholders.
    • Me 3 months ago
      yep, it was all about money once they got a few 100.000 members on board.
  • major  •  Bemidji, Minnesota  •  3 months ago
    I know this has nothing with this story but i ask you people to go to ABC videos amd watch a video on these cities here in America giving contracts to China to repair and build bridges, billions and billions of dollars to do the job. I hope each one of you get your friends to watch it this is a Government we all have to fight Dems And Repubs if we stand up we can counter this. Our people need these jobs.
  • M.S.  •  Grover Beach, California  •  3 months ago
    Quit facebook now. Don't buy their stock. They are getting rich by exploiting YOU!
  • 孔夫子  •  3 months ago
    I am proud to announce that I don't knowingly contribute towards those exec's salaries. I don't use Facebook. Never have, never will.
  • WERETOAST!  •  3 months ago
    IM #$%$ POOR RIGHT NOW BUT LOVE TO SEE AMERICAN SUCCESS STORIES ! GOD BLESS AMERICA !
  • none  •  3 months ago
    I don't care. Not a dime of it came from me.
  • Beau  •  3 months ago
    Maybe I'm naive for posting this, but why would one invest in a social networking company? I mean, FB is in their prime now but eventually they'll be yesterday's news right? The very nature of social networks is one-ups-man-ship, so eventually something will dethrone FB. Why would anybody sink money into it when it's particularly risky?
  • LazyGuy  •  Beverly Hills, California  •  3 months ago
    Looking forward to watching Facebook tank.
  • brentg  •  San Bruno, California  •  3 months ago
    they want to know your background and family members. if you befriend a stranger this will confuse them and they will wonder why you friended them. they want to know all about you, and why?
  • Shane  •  Mountain Home, Arkansas  •  3 months ago
    Facebook sucks, if I want my friends or family to know or see something...I call them or go and see them. I have no need to put all of my personal infrmation out there for everyone to see. Seems to me like facebook seperates you further from friends and family. Instead of visiting or calling you just post crap online. Theres no feeling in it.
  • Sergio  •  New York, New York  •  3 months ago
    Facebook could be worth as much as $0.00 if all FB users would terminate their accounts.
  • MeAgain  •  3 months ago
    Call me old fashioned, but I think a company that's worth billions should produce something other than 800 million sheeple.
  • Eric Z  •  3 months ago
    Can't believe my FB fees are being used for the excessive salaries of these executives!!! Oh wait, there are no fees.
  • Blogger  •  3 months ago
    on the other news, a hardworking american earned $15,000/year with No bonus!!!!!
  • Henry Schneider  •  San Diego, California  •  3 months ago
    Hey, We care for our country , right ?. then why we are buying stocks of something Virtual/no-existent and who makes few people very very "RICH" .
    Why not invest in companies like GM/FORD/GE , who feed families of 300,000 people.
    What't wrong America ?. so Much Greed made us almost bankrupt , Don't do it again.
  • Rick  •  3 months ago
    FaceBook has no security. Your stuff is not secure. You think! Mark is a thief stealing your stuff to sell. People wake up. When you deactivate your account Mark still has all your stuff. FaceBook best place for the FBI to check out people and see what your up to. Valuable information for employers to check. But Facebook is cool, yea but you pay a big price. Enough said.
 
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