Via morningstar.com, in 2010 Apple had 65,225,000,000 in revenue.
Total operating expenses for 2010 were $7,299,000,000, just 11.2% of revenue.
Executive compensation was $148,424,291. That is 2/10ths of 1% of revenue. That is just for the the top five execs and Jobs only took $1 in compensation. Still I don't think it is accurate to say that a 'significant' cut of revenue goes to 'the executives'.
the lesser IMHO would be consumer who spent that money on anything else than entertainment, so if it wasnt beer or drugs, then it was better spent money
megaupload owners - fast cars, hookers and blow
studios - fast cars, hookers and blow
actors - fast cars, hookers and blow
apple - wages for workers in china.
I guess the lesser evil is the studios...at least they are employing local hookers!