Don't Be Fooled by $1 Salaries--EXPLODE--http://digg.com/business_finance/Don_t_Be_Fooled_by_1_Salaries--EXPLODE--A handful of CEOs in the AP executive pay list take home a salary of $1 a year or less. But all of them manage to make millions anyway, illustrating the point that if you're running the show, your salary doesn't mean much. "Salary has become such a minuscule component of CEO compensation that it is now largely irrelevant."