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November 30, 2007 4:47 PM PST

Salary jumps for Decker with Yahoo promotion

by Elinor Mills

Being Yahoo president sure pays well.

Yahoo President Susan Decker

(Credit: Yahoo)

Susan Decker made $500,000 in salary last year as chief financial officer of Yahoo. In her new role as president, she will make $815,000 a year, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

Her annual target cash bonus will be 150 percent of her base salary, or $1.2 million, but her actual bonus for any year will be determined based on her job performance.

In addition to salary and bonus, Decker has been granted a stock option to purchase 300,000 shares at an exercise price of $26.20 each and 200,000 shares of restricted stock units.

Decker was named president in June in a management reorganization that saw co-founder Jerry Yang replacing Terry Semel as chief executive.

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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Sexist article?
by roger.d.miller November 30, 2007 5:42 PM PST
I don't see similar articles about the salary of male CFOs being promoted to President. Why is Sue Decker being singled out? If fact, why isn't there any mention of Jerry Yang's new salary?
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It's about corporate governance, not sexism
by SnidleyWhiplash November 30, 2007 6:08 PM PST
She has been one of the highest paid executives in Silicon Valley for years (her stock options during the decline of Yahoo have been outrageous). This article is just following up on this long-time scandal... as if she needed a few hundred K more at a time when she has hundreds of millions in options.
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Sigh
by The Harper December 3, 2007 9:28 AM PST
Look around a bit more, and read some of the archived stories on this site. CNET has been dogging on execs for YEARS regarding pay that does not match performance. Jobs, Semel, that guy from Genentech, the dude from symantec. It's only fair they include a woman in there. Drop the PC act, it's annoying. Let's keep the reporting fair and use cross-sections and samplings, none of this "protected class 'cause she's a woman" bit.
Oh, Rats
by alflanagan December 1, 2007 5:09 AM PST
I thought maybe Yahoo had hired a bounty hunter to find androids in the corporate ranks. I guess we're stuck with the corporate androids for now.
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