Can a potato be worth 161 million (US) Dollars?

Question

Here's my arguments:

John Thain (former CEO of Merrill Lynch, the man most responsible for the sub-prime mortgage scam) received 161 million dollars in severance.

If instead, the CEO was a potato, there would have been no 161-million dollar "get the heck out of here" package, and much of the company's 9.8 billion dollar loss would not have been caused.

So, is a potato worth either $161M, $9.9B or are most (or all) CEOs worth less than nothing?

Answer 1

as an irishman, sure!