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swordgeek@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Something else that needs to be understood about Mozilla: Money!
The Foundation was formed in 2003. Mitchell Baker, the first CEO, stepped aside in 2008 but stayed on as Chairperson of the foundation.
- In 2018, she got nearly $2.5million in compensation as foundation chair.
- In 2019 that rose to $3million
- In 2020, she returned as CEO and received over $3million in salary.
- In 2021 her salary was over $5.5million.
- In 2022 it reached nearly $7million.
- In 2023 it was $6million again.
Think about that for a second. Mozilla’s market share has been struggling, and their financials have been weak; but their lead person pulled in over $26 million dollars over a handful of years.
This entire activity has been a long game to extract ‘maximum shareholder value’ into Baker’s pockets.