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SBF Got $2.2 Billion From FTX. His Ex-Lover and Co-Exec Got Just $6 MILLION

GENDER PAY GAP

The compensation gap between Caroline Ellison and other top execs was astonishingly wide, according to a new report.

 FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves from Manhattan Federal Court after court appearance in New York, United States on June 15, 2023.
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Even at the top echelons of an alleged criminal enterprise, gender pay disparities apparently run rampant. According to a new report in The New York Times, FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried received $2.2 billion from the platform in the form of pay and loans. Two other top execs, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, received $587 million and $246 million, respectively. Meanwhile, Caroline Ellison, the CEO of FTX’ sister organization Alameda Research—and Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend—received a comparatively puny $6 million. That’s 367 times less than her ex-beau.

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