Today’s release is Lesson 4 in our billionaire–climate series:
How CEOs Build Massive Wealth — through equity, not salary.
This lesson often surprises people because it reveals something most of us never see:
CEO wealth doesn’t come from pay.
It comes from shares — and from the system designed to make those shares explode in value.
This is the mechanism that turns corporate decisions into a personal wealth engine, and explains why CEOs are incentivised to push for extraction, monopoly, and cutting corners — even when the public or the planet pays the price.
🔥 What you’ll learn today
This lesson walks through the real process behind CEO wealth:
- CEOs earn shares, not income
- Rising share prices increase their wealth dramatically
- Borrowing against shares allows tax-free spending
- Expansion through acquisitions boosts stock prices further
- The cycle repeats, compounding wealth
You’ll see how this creates a powerful feedback loop:
CEO incentives → share-price obsession → more extraction → more emissions → more CEO wealth
It’s not personal greed.
It’s built into the design of the system.
đź’¬ Your Activity for Today
Question:
Have you ever seen a company make decisions that clearly boosted the share price but harmed workers, customers, or the environment?
Think:
- layoffs right before earnings
- sudden price hikes
- poor safety investments
- mergers that reduced quality
- cost cuts that made things worse
- short-term wins with long-term damage
Share even a small example — it helps others connect the dots.
🌱 Tomorrow’s Drop