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Cisco CEO draws $1 salary: Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers received $1 in salary in fiscal 2002, according to documents the company filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Chambers joined Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs and former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale among tech executives to get a $1 salary.
"It's a good symbolic act. It sends a message to shareholders and institutional investors that he won't enrich himself with other people having lost money on the stock. And it sends a message to employees who aren't getting raises either," said Jon Holman, who heads executive recruiting firm The Holman Group.