Google’s outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt, who will be succeeded by the company’s co-founder Larry Page in April, will reportedly pocket a $100m equity award. According to Bloomberg, which cites a person familiar with the matter, Schmidt’s payout is the first such equity award he will have received since joining Google as board …

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Monday 24th January 2011 14:05 GMT Gordon Pryra

What the hell do I pay my taxes for?

If he is not wearing a tie, then the fuzz at the door should shoot him for impertinence to his betters .

Bloody colonialists....

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1. Monday 24th January 2011 15:12 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  That would be colonists
  
  We (the British) are the colonialists.
  
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  1. Tuesday 25th January 2011 01:28 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
    
    Colonials, I'd have thought
    
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Monday 24th January 2011 14:05 GMT Chris Miller

WTF?

E.S. is rarely to be seen in public without a suit and tie, as a quick Google search would have revealed.

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1. Monday 24th January 2011 15:12 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  He's a UK Government Minister...
  
  ... he won't know how to use Google.
  
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Monday 24th January 2011 15:10 GMT JaitcH

Schmidt: Worth every cent!

Seeing how Google has progressed under Schmidt's guidance, along with it's share appreciation, $100-million is a bargain.

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Monday 24th January 2011 15:12 GMT dogged

$100m

pretty much the going rate for having to talk to people like Jeremy C^HHunt.

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Monday 24th January 2011 15:12 GMT MinionZero

""wear a tie” asked Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt"

I guess when you are worth billions, you no longer have to worry about conforming to other peoples dress code demands, as no one is really your boss. (Plus I couldn't even tell you who does and doesn't wear ties, as its not something I notice or care about, but clearly Mr Jeremy Hunt does). So after a snide "wear a tie” comment like that, I wouldn't wear a tie, just to piss off Mr Jeremy Hunt. :)

By the way, "Mr Jeremy Hunt" sounds like Rhyming Slang for how he behaves. ;)

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Monday 24th January 2011 15:29 GMT Andy Fletcher

Hurrah

Schmidt is leaving. Nothing else needs saying.

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Monday 24th January 2011 16:49 GMT RichyS

Careless Twitter

Pretty careless of Jeremy Hunt to spell Schmidt's name incorrectly. I mean, how would he like it if someone got his name wrong. Oh wait...

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Tuesday 25th January 2011 00:06 GMT Anonymous Coward

Eric, remember me?

We shared a peddle boat in Amsterdam in July 1987 as part of Sun Microsystems' european kick off. Remember getting all those kites entangled in the yatch masts? I think some of the owners would be thrilled to meet you.

Can you spare $1m?

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1. Tuesday 25th January 2011 09:43 GMT Heff
  
  ...and after the break
  
  more from "Craisglist CEOs - Missed connections";
  
  "I saw you at the savoy grill, me, young and foolish, toying with a bordeaux, you asset-stripping a braziliain mining conglomerate in a rich navy suit... Our eyes met just briefly...."
  
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