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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

I struggle with messages like this one. All the organizations mentioned above would be extremely large, complex, businesses if they were for-profit, private companies. The salaries mentioned are not out of line when you consider similar CEO positions (except perhaps for the UNICEF one)

Just like in sports, while you can argue that the salaries are outrageous, they are what the market will bear, and what you need to spend for a talented CEO. Otherwise, like the sports star, they move to another team.

So, the question becomes, would these charities be better off with a lower paid, inexperienced CEO to run multi-million/billion dollar business?

I don't have an answer, but I wouldn't dismiss a charity out of hand just because the CEO makes big bucks. If the overall scorecard of the charity is top notch, they have earned it.

I completely agree!