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.
May 1, 1999 to July 26, 2016
Other board members at Google during this time were Ann Mather, Arthur D. Levinson, Diane B. Greene and 8 more.
June 1, 1996 to May 1, 2010
Other board members at Amazon.com during this time were Alain Monié, Jeffrey P. Bezos, John Seely Brown and 5 more.
The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.
* Year where CEO pay is prorated because they were an employee before or after their tenure as CEO.
Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Amazon.com SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010), Google SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe