Mark Zuckerberg earned over $2 bn at Facebook in 2012
Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg earned more than USD 2 billion worth of stock and USD 503,000 in base pay last year for running the world's leading social network. Zuckerberg was also given bonuses that added up to slightly more than USD 266,000, according to a Facebook filing on Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He received USD 1.22 million in "other compensation," more than half of which was said in the filing to involve the use of chartered aircraft for travel by Zuckerberg and guests as part of a "comprehensive security program." Facebook provided US regulators a breakdown of executive compensation and other matters that will be topics at an annual meeting of shareholders set to take place on June 11. "In the first quarter of 2012, the compensation committee decided to increase the base salaries of our executive officers, other than our CEO," Facebook said in the document. "Accordingly, our compensation com...