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8. Facebook CEO's salary set at $1 a year
The world's biggest social networking service, "Facebook", says the salary of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be set at 1 dollar a year.
The announcement comes after Facebook filed an application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday to be listed on the stock market.
With its initial public offering, Facebook's market capitalization is expected to reach 100 billion dollars, the largest-ever stock market debut for a single IT company.
Facebook revealed the remuneration it had paid to its executives in the application.
27-year-old Zuckerberg received 1.48 million dollars last year.
But the company says in response to an offer from Zuckerberg himself, his annual salary will be 1 dollar from next year.
Zuckerberg owns 28 percent of the company's shares, potentially giving him a net worth of 28 billion dollars.
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