Sunday, July 7, 2013

Most Highly-Paid CEOs at U.S. Public companies in 2013

Really cool graph. I really like the fact that it is not just showing the aggregate, it is also showing the breakdown of the pay. (Though it would have been a lot more clearer not to just use shades of gray.)
For example, you can see that for Mr. Ellison it is mostly options, for Mr. Kotick it is mostly stock.

You can also pick out things like what seem to be the humongous cost of "Perks" for Mr. Bracken. What is he getting?

The other thing you'll notice is the total lack of any connection between the change in salary (Change column, fourth from the right) and the company's actual performance (last column on the right).

It is not just on the top ten or so. Checkout the bottom of the list, the CEOs of General Motors, Merck, Sprint, Cardinal Health, Aflac. See their salary performance vs. company performance.

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