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John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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Nooglers
New Google employees are called "Nooglers", and are given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.
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Facebook Hacking
Facebook pays at least $500 if you can find a way to hack the site.
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Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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BackRub
Google was originally called "BackRub".
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As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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