13-06-2016 17:47 via feedproxy.google.com

Jeff Weiner should get almost $30 million for selling Linkedin (LNKD, MSFT)

By selling LinkedIn to Microsoft, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, and the company's other named officers, will be making a pretty penny.
Microsoft agreed to buy the company for $196 a share in cash, a 50% premium over LinkedIn's closing price on Friday.
This is s a sweet deal for LinkedIn's shareholders.
The stock price crashed big time in February, when a weak financial outlook worried investors about the company's prospects for ongoing growth. 
Prior to the crash, the stock
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