{"product_id":"extraordinary-synergy-founder-built-it-ceo-cashed-it-valuing-legacy-vs-leadership-paperback","title":"Extraordinary Synergy Founder Built It CEO Cashed It: Valuing Legacy vs. Leadership - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMba Hairong Gui\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElon Musk may become the world's first trillion-dollar CEO. This reflects a broader trend: from 1978 to 2023, CEO compensation increased by more than 1,085%, while U.S. average worker pay grew by only about 11%. What was a 57-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990 expanded to nearly 268-to-1 by 2023, revealing a widening gap between executive and workforce compensation. Elon Musk is both a CEO and a Leader. In such rare cases, extraordinary compensation may be justified by exceptional vision, risk-taking, and long-term value creation. But does this justification apply to most CEOs? For many others, such as Nike's former CEO, pay has risen sharply without comparable leadership outcomes, raising concerns about systemic overpayment and eroding trust in business. Dr. Hairong Gui is an original thinker who combines analytical rigor, intuitive insight, and empirical practice, consistently choosing the right path rather than the easy one. Mr. William Bloom, MBA\/JD, frames the book as both an intellectual achievement and a moral statement. Central to the book is Dr. Gui's Leader Valuation Model (LVM), the first-ever CEO compensation model grounded in leadership value rather than title or power, building transparency and a credible benchmark to realign responsibility, reward, and credibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53042214535475,"sku":"9798896331148","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rPSjhhCugX9798896331148.webp?v=1770836445","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/extraordinary-synergy-founder-built-it-ceo-cashed-it-valuing-legacy-vs-leadership-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}