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Who is Britain's Best Paid Boss?
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8th January 2024
The answer is Denise Coates, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Bet365. In the year to March 2023, Coates was paid about £221 million. The founder also took at least £50 million in dividends despite gambling group’s £72.6 million pre-tax loss.
Bet365 boss Denise Coates sees pay jump to £221m https://t.co/Ga5efkkeOL
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 8, 2024
Graham's comments:
Here's a conundrum for free market economists. Is there a justification for Denise Coates having earned £270m in salary and bonuses in the past year? We're meant to believe that pay is determined by the marginal productivity of the worker. So does Ms.Coates have a daily marginal revenue product of £1m?
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