Topic: Nintendo Salaries

I just came across a little article on the salaries of Iwata and Miyamoto, which I found interesting. It's not the whole story, I'm sure, but a good read nonetheless.

So How Much Does Iwata, Miyamoto Make?

Wow. Iwata gets paid $2,163 a day. That's pretty impressive to say the least.

As for the other six Nintendo board members, they were not individually named (although developer Shigeru Miyamoto is one of them), however the group earns ¥100 million ($1.13 million USD) in total. For Miyamoto, that paycheck just doesn't seem to justify the revenue his designs have brought the company over the last two decades. However the famed developer has always insisted on staying level with the other producers, refusing a higher salary.

What a legend.

lulz @ the other companies, who earn less, getting a lot more. Ridiculous amounts, really.

They do note that his salary varies based on bonuses, so the "daily" amount could at times divide out to numbers closer to $6,000. That's actually still somewhat low compared to CEO's of comparable companies in the US, though.

wow, i'd'a thought they'd'a got paid a lot more than that. i wonder if they do it voluntarily, refusing pay raises so that they're sure the company's profits are going more to the company and the little people working there than themselves?

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