Mark Cuban is advocating for companies to share the wealth with employees

"Cuban was responding to several posts on X that criticized the growing wealth of top business executives compared to the average worker. He said the real issue wasn't the ever-increasing net worth of billionaires but how companies reward employees. In his X post, Cuban wrote that billionaire wealth levels are soaring "because the stock market has gone straight up." "You know who is funding the increase, particularly lately? Retail investors. 401ks," Cuban said. "The better question is why are we not giving incentives to companies to require them to give shares in their companies to all employees, at the same percentage of cash earnings as the CEO?" he added."

"Cuban said in an earlier post that successful entrepreneurs derive less satisfaction from money "once your LIQUID net worth becomes high enough." "The value of those dollars becomes much greater, to you, and so many others, when you use your business or other expertise to help others. That is the greater reward," Cuban wrote. "Compassion and capitalism, not greed, are what can make this country far greater," he added."

Employees should receive proportional stock incentives equal to the same percentage of cash earnings as CEOs so workers share directly in company success. Billionaire net worth has risen largely because the stock market has climbed, with retail investors and 401(k) plans funding much of that increase. The gap between executive and worker compensation has widened, driven by unequal reward structures. Granting shares to rank-and-file employees can boost commitment and productivity while aligning incentives. For many successful entrepreneurs, using wealth and expertise to help others yields greater satisfaction than accumulating additional liquid assets.

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