- Lisa Su, CEO of $284 billion semiconductor giant AMD, won’t be matching Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million compensation packages in the great AI talent war. The tech leader reasons that money isn’t the most important thing in attracting great workers; ensuring they’re “not just a cog in the wheel” is far more alluring in her eyes. Her philosophy echoes that of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who also refused to counter the eye-popping pay, reasoning it would be unfair and money can’t buy loyalty.
AI is set to become a $4.8 trillion industry by 2033—so the competition to snag the best talent is heating up, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attempting to poach rival staffers with $100 million pay packages. But some tech execs leading billion-dollar businesses are pushing back on wooing employees with golden handcuffs.
