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GoPro's Woodman Is About to Become the Highest-Paid CEO
GoPro Founder Set to Become Best-Paid CEO
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Nick Woodman, the billionaire founder of camera-maker GoPro Inc., is about to get a first-person view of being the highest-paid U.S. executive.
The 39-year-old was granted 4.5 million restricted stock units that were valued at $284.5 million at the end of 2014, which would give him the No. 1 spot on the Bloomberg Pay Index, the first daily ranking of the highest-paid U.S. executives. He received the grant in June 2014, three weeks before the San Mateo, California-based company first sold shares to the public, according to its prospectus in November.