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Mark Pocan: “In 2024, [CEO Brian Nicol] made $97.8 million, which is…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Is it Nickel? Is that his name? Am I saying that correctly? Yeah, he's, he's compensated pretty well. In 2024, [CEO Brian Nicol] made $97.8 million, which is about 6,666 times the median annual salary of a Starbucks worker. who's making about 14,675. It's the biggest CEO to worker gap among the top 500 corporations in the United States. (15:31–15:44)

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