Bill Neukom reportedly wanted more money to run the Giants than other partners believed was fair. Neukom's compensation package was never finalized even after three years in the job and the issue began before the team won the World Series. "Everybody just thought it would be worked out after he took the job," said one source familiar with the team's inner workings. Neukom believed his work was worth millions more than the other ownership partners were willing to pay. "Some guy worth a billion dollars shouldn't be soaking an enterprise ... and if we're paying Bill $10 million a year (in total compensation), we can't put that into the team," said one executive committee member who asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter. Neukom also appeared to overstep his role. "His style was very different from (team president) Larry Baer's and others who run the business, and it started causing problems," said the source. "I think Bill started to meddle in stuff more in the weeds than people anticipated, but then wouldn't resolve any of it. ... He wanted to put in the hours of the chairman, but have the input of a CEO - but then decisions stopped getting made."