> When you hard cap them in any measurable way, they stop. No they don't. Satya has a much lower cap earning money at Microsoft then Bill or Balmer did. Does

> When you hard cap them in any measurable way, they stop. No they don't. Satya has a much lower cap earning money at Microsoft then Bill or Balmer did. Does that make him a worse CEO? Does it mean he is less dedicated? Very few people who are competitive are competitive because of money. They want to be known as the best, have the most power, the most influence, run the largest company, their name the most number of history books. Money is a rough proxy for power, but, to give an example, pharmaceutical companies have an outsized influence in American politics versus how much their CEOs are worth. Heck for the vast majority of companies their leadership has 0% chance of becoming billionaires. Most industries are too low margin. That doesn't mean the leaders of those companies still don't want to win in their chosen market.