text: who is/was the lowest paid ceo in the world?   steve jobs  jobs worked at apple for several years with an annual salary of $1, and this earned him a listing in guinness world records as the "lowest paid chief executive officer". at the 2000 keynote speech of macworld expo in san francisco, the company dropped the "interim" from his title. his current salary at apple officially remains $1 per year, although he has traditionally been the recipient of a number of lucrative "executive gifts" from the board, including a $90 million jet in 1999, and just under 30 million shares of restricted stock in 2000-2002. as such, jobs is well compensated for his efforts at apple despite the nominal one-dollar salary.