2 Twitter execs left $35 mn in stock when they quit in 2016
Two of Twitter's highest-paid executives, COO Adam Bain and CTO Adam Messinger gave up more than $35 million in stock awards combined, when they quit in 2016, according to Twitter filings. Bain and Messinger, however, made a combined $49 million before leaving the company at the end of the year. Notably, Twitter's stock slid almost 30% in 2016.