History (1996): Top Earners in WW Storage Industry

And the winner is Cyril Yansouni, COB and CEO of Read-Rite, and also the wealthiest man in Silicon Valley’s storage industry, with compensation exceeding $9 million for the year 1995.

Alan Shugart, president, COB and CEO of Seagate Technology came in second with (only) $6.2 million annually.

Apparently, it’s good to figure among the highest echelon at Read-Rite, which boasted 4 men out of the 9 wealthiest storage industry executives.

Below is a report of the best-paid storage industry professionals in Silicon Valley, according to an annual study published in the San Jose Mercury News.

This article is an abstract of news published on the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter on issue 105, published on October 1996.