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Reddit has never turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but it just filed to go public anyway (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (7 children)

They might have been able to turn a profit, but apparently u/Spez (fucking dipshit) collects over 190million in CEO compensation.

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Yeah, I saw that article too but it's misleading. According to the S1 filed with the SEC, spez's current base pay is $450,000; in 2023 he received about $792,000 in performance-based cash bonus. The rest of that 193 million is options. It's not the reason reddit isn't profitable.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate on that for someone who has no clue about stock market stuff?

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

He's mostly being paid in something that has potential value that he won't be allowed to sell in large enough quantities to have any real value.

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