Jeff Bezos is the world’s third-richest man with a current net worth of $266 billion. But the Amazon founder said his actual salary was much lower than that. During the early years of the now $2.61 trillion online retailer, Bezos said he asked the board “not to give me any comp,” beyond a modest base salary of just $80,000. “I already owned a significant amount of the company, and I just didn’t feel good about taking more,” Bezos said during a 2024 interview at the New York Times DealBook Summit. “I ju ...