Businesswoman Jayne Hrdlicka collected nearly $50 million after leaving Virgin Australia before the airline was listed on the sharemarket last June.
The payout, which equated to $10 million a year during Hrdlicka’s tenure as chief executive of Australia’s second-largest airline, highlighted the riches on offer for senior executives of private equity-owned companies. Virgin was acquired by Bain Capital, which still owns 40 per cent of the company, in April 2020.
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