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That Famous $70K Raise May Have Had An Ulterior Motive

caption: Cary Chin works at the front desk of Seattle-based Gravity Payments. CEO Dan Price told his employees earlier this year that he was cutting his own salary and using company profits so they would each earn a base salary of $70,000.
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Cary Chin works at the front desk of Seattle-based Gravity Payments. CEO Dan Price told his employees earlier this year that he was cutting his own salary and using company profits so they would each earn a base salary of $70,000.
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Bill Radke speaks with Karen Weise, a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, about Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments in Seattle. Price rose to fame after raising the minimum wage at his company to $70,000. But Weise says he created an image of altruism while downplaying some inconvenient facts.

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