NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Last week, Apple granted several key executives -- including Phil Schiller, Scott Forstall, Peter Oppenheimer, and Bob Mansfield -- large Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grants that vest over five years. They are essentially golden handcuffs that highly motivate these men to stick around in this post-Steve Jobs era. One senior executive notably absent from the list is Jony Ive.