— Bryan Burrough and John HelyarEven nobodies like Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas, cochairmen of a company called Broadcom, reaped $800 million apiece, cashing out stock in their company while telecom was still hot. Compared to that, Ross Johnson’s once-outrageous $53 million golden parachute is parsimonious.
Replicated under Fair Use from Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. (Pg. 516)