A data study by Equilar Inc. lists about 200 Highest-Paid CEO Rankings list
The typical CEO at the biggest US companies got an 8.5 per cent raise last year, raking in USD 11.5 million in salary, stock and other compensation last year, according to a study by executive data firm Equilar for The Associated Press. That's the biggest raise in three years. The bump reflects how well stocks have done under these CEOs' watch. Boards of directors increasingly require that CEOs push their stock price higher to collect their maximum possible payout, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index returned 12 per cent last year. Over the last five years, median CEO pay in the survey has jumped by 19.6 per cent, not accounting for inflation. That's nearly double the 10.9 per cent rise in the typical weekly paycheck for full-time employees across the country. But CEO pay did fall for one group of companies last year: those where investors complained the loudest about executive pay. Compensation dropped for nine of the 10 companies scoring the lowest on "Say on Pay" votes, ...
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Their compensation is shaped by regulations and broad, decades-long trends. Missing from the equation is any assessment of how millions in cash and stock motivate the executive brain or don't
Leaders who wish to transform their organisations need to focus on the customer and encourage innovation
The leader needs to be a role model through an inclusive approach towards minority groups
Nearly 69% CEOs said their organisation's purpose is focused on societal value, and 24% changed their purpose in the last three years to make it so
Interestingly, eight CEOs on the list are female, and they far outpace the median pay for the Equilar 100 as a whole
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