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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.

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Christopher S. Lynch

Christopher S. Lynch

  • Between 2008 and 2012 he made
  • $1,824,178
  • as a director, more than 87% of all directors
  • Paid CEOs an average of
  • $6,579,587
  • in the last year of his directorship, more than 12% of all directors
  • Increased CEO pay by an average of
  • $4,955,253
  • between 2008 and 2012, more than 75% of all directors
  • Shares of his companies increased by
  • 4.3%
  • between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 8% of all directors

The Christopher S. Lynch Stock Index

From December 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Christopher S. Lynch joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 4.3 percent return on your investment, compared to a 61.1 percent return from the S&P 500.

Christopher S. Lynch's companies

Freddie Mac

Dec. 18, 2008 to July 26, 2016

Other board members at Freddie Mac during this time were Anthony A. Williams, Barbara T. Alexander, Carolyn H. Byrd and 7 more.

His Yearly Compensation
Yearly Payments to CEOs
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American International Group

June 30, 2009 to July 26, 2016

Other board members at American International Group during this time were Arthur C. Martinez, Dennis D. Dammerman, Donald H. Layton and 14 more.

  • 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, Freddie Mac SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).

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