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Nov 10, 2025

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The Rise of CEOs... That Don't Show Up To Work.

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The average public CEO now makes nearly 400 times more than the average American as their pay has increased by an average of one THOUSAND four hundred and sixty percent [1,460%] since 1978.

Now you probably already know the old joke that… no they are not working 400 times harder than their employees… but being a CEO IS still a serious commitment that normally involves making life long sacrifices to climb the corporate ladder or start a successful business all while being constantly accountable to shareholders and a board of directors.

The pay is good, but the work is hard, and if you want to be CEO, you need to be on call 24/7 to put out fires, or your time at the top will be very short lived.

That’s the story anyway…

So then… what is behind the massive rise in CEO’s that only work part time, IF they show up to work at all?

Well it’s time to learn How Money Works to find out why else companies have become happy to pay millions of dollars to people who barely show up to work.

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