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We already knew Sanja Jha, Motorola’s relatively recently-appointed CEO of handsets, made $104.4 million last year, composed predominantly of stocks, but according to recent research it turns out that his paycheck tops the heap of publicly-traded companies in America. Of course that might change in 2009, as he has voluntarily taken a 25% pay hit, and CEOs across the board had their pays drop an average of 5.1%, but it still puts things in perspective – Motorola, whose handset performance has been on the ropes for some time now, and is trying to navigate turbulent economic waters, still manages to have the highest-paid American executive. Maybe it’s a testament to a strong wireless industry (as most speakers at CTIA Wireless would have us believe) or maybe Motorola just doesn’t know how to handle its money.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
