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.
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Edwin C. Gage joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -93.4 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Jan. 1, 1986 to March 20, 2013
Other board members at Supervalu during this time were A. Gary Ames, Charles M. Lillis, Donald R. Chappel and 11 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, Supervalu SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe