CEO pay is determined by a company’s board of directors. Those directors are compensated for the time they spend shaping the company’s strategy. Here’s what the Fortune 100 executives paid each other from 2008 to 2012.
Jan. 1, 1983 to Nov. 19, 2008
Other board members at Microsoft during this time were Charles H. Noski, David F. Marquardt, Dina Dublon and 6 more.
The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.
Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Microsoft SEC filings (2008, 2009).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe