Dan Price
publication date: Sunday, February 21, 2016 (part of Winter 2016)
category: 
Business
clue: This CEO put a $70k price tag on his employees' happiness.
explanation: Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, made headlines in 2015 when he announced that every employee would get a minimum salary of $70,000, citing research that it maximizes happiness. "Price tag" was a play on his last name. more…
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Richard Slominsky, Mike Rothstein, and Erik Bates
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