脸书CEO薪水揭秘：扎克伯格1年只领1美元

 　　You wouldn’t think that people with such influence would have such a low salary – but there is a reason behind it.

　　你一定想不到这些鼎鼎有名的大人物却拿着如此低廉的薪水，但这背后是有原因的。

　　Despite founding Facebook,Mark Zuckerberg takes home just $1 a year for his salary.

　　尽管如此，Facebook创始人马克扎克伯格每年还是仅带回家1美元的薪水。

　　He’s joined a small but influential¹ group of ‘dollar-a-year men’. People who head up big businesses and organisations, but don’t want a massive salary.

　　他加入了一个虽小却颇有影响的“一年只赚一美元的男人帮”组织，这个男人帮的成员都是大企业和机构的领头人，但不拿高薪。

　　脸书CEO薪水揭秘：扎克伯格1年只领1美元

　　Their ranks include CEOs, socialites and governors, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg.

　　组织中有首席执行官、社会名流、州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格和迈克尔?布隆伯格等。

　　The tradition began with business executives helping² out the US government during periods of war. The law forbids the government from accepting the services of unpaid³ volunteers.

　　这一传统始于企业高管在战争时期支援帮助美国政府。法律禁止政府接受无偿志愿者的服务。

　　Zuckerberg doesn’t take a salary – but he DEFINITELY makes money from Facebook

　　扎克伯格不拿薪水——但他肯定从Facebook赚钱

　　In fact he doubled his money from 2013-2014. How did he manage that? Shares.

　　其实从2013-2014年他的钱翻了一倍。他是怎么做到的？投资股票。

　　His holding worth in Facebook is $27bn. When he needs cash, he sells off a chunk⁴ of them. The company also pays all of his travel and security costs.

　　他的Facebook价值270亿美元。当他需要现金时，他就卖一支股票，该股票公司还支付他的一切旅行和保安费用。

　　He's not even the most famous $1 a year man

　　在一年只拿1美元薪水的人中，他还不是最有名的

　　Famously, Apple founder⁵ Steve Jobs returned to the then-struggling company in 1997, and refused to take a salary. In fact, he went further and didn't even cash in his Apple shares.

　　众所周知，苹果创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯于1997年公司发展困难期回到公司，并拒绝拿公司薪水，更没有拿苹果公司股票。

　　He ended up doing a decent job, making Apple the most profitable company in the world for several years.

　　他最终做了一份体面的工作，短短几年的时间就把苹果公司发展成为世界上最赚钱的公司。

　　Here are some of the other notable people who only earned $1 a year:

　　一年只拿1美元薪水的人大有人在：

　　Larry Page-Google CEO

　　谷歌首席执行官拉里·佩奇

　　Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard CEO

　　惠普首席执行官梅格·惠特曼

　　Jerry Yang, former Yahoo! CEO

　　前雅虎首席执行官杨致远

　　Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google

　　谷歌联合创始人谢尔盖·布林

　　John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO - he also refuses alternative compensation from shares or stocks

　　全食首席执行官约翰·麦基——他也拒绝拿公司股票或股份

　　So don't always judge people by their salaries. Though you'd normally need a whole load of lucrative⁶ stock options to make a $1 paypacket stretch for a year.

　　正常虽需要用1美元买入一支股票来赚取这一年的丰厚利润，但不要总用工资标准来衡量一个人。

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 unpaid   

adj.未付款的，无报酬的

参考例句：

• Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

4 chunk   

n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）

参考例句：

• They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
• The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。

5 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

6 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。