Yahoo’s Mayer Gets $900,000-a-Week Paycheck Dissected

New York Times: So why did Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer receive more than $900,000 a week? The answer, like so many things about Yahoo, is surprisingly complicated. It is rooted partly in the never-lose structure of modern executive compensation packages, but also in two farsighted investments made long ago by one of Yahoo’s founders, Jerry Yang.