Many tech companies wouldn't be affected by Sanders' proposal because they tend to pay employees high salaries. But Amazon and Apple would be notable exceptions.
However, although CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world from his Amazon stock holdings, his annual compensation is lower than Cook's. As the company notes in its 2018 proxy statement: "The 2018 annual total compensation of our median compensated employee other than Mr. Bezos was $28,836; Mr. Bezos' 2018 annual total compensation was $1,681,840, and the ratio of those amounts is 1-to-58.
Sanders, who is an independent from Vermont, is chasing the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020, but fellow progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren and moderate ex-Vice President Joe Biden in the latest polls.
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