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Pretrial judge in case involving murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson married to former Pfizer exec

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

I could buy that maybe nonprofit CEOs might actually need a couple million a year - unfortunately, donations tend to come from the rich, and having the money to brush shoulders with them to schmooze might actually be important

Those numbers are pretty staggering though. And CEOs are usually well paid in order to funnel money upwards - I wonder how big those numbers are when you add in the board and the investors