August A. Busch IV

Between 2008 and 2012 he made
$292,899
as a director, more than 18% of all directors

Paid CEOs an average of
$7,740,658
in the last year of his directorship, more than 18% of all directors

Decreased CEO pay by an average of
$2,693,931
between 2008 and 2012, only 23% of directors decreased pay more

Shares of his companies decreased by
31.9%
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 66% of all directors

The August A. Busch IV Stock Index

From January 2008 to January 2009, if you bought shares in companies when August A. Busch IV joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -31.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a -40.7 percent return from the S&P 500.

August A. Busch IV's companies

FedEx

Jan. 1, 2003 to Jan. 12, 2009

Other board members at FedEx during this time were Charles T. Manatt, Frederick W. Smith, Gary W. Loveman and 10 more.

His Yearly Compensation

Yearly Payments to CEOs

MEDIAN

Stock Performance is the difference between a director's stock index and the S&P 500.
A director's stock index is an unweighted index of company stock performances while they sat on the board.
CEO pay includes salary, bonuses, stock sales, and other payments.
Average CEO Pay is calculated using the last year a director sat on the board of each company.
Stock returns do not include dividends.
All directors refers to people who sat on the board of at least one Fortune 100 company between 2008 and 2012.

The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.

Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, FedEx SEC filings (2008, 2009).

By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe