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, 1996 to July 26, 2016
Other board members at Target during this time were Anne M. Mulcahy, Calvin Darden, Derica W. Rice and 9 more.
May 1, 1999 to July 26, 2016
Other board members at Goldman Sachs Group during this time were Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, Claes Dahlbäck, Debora L. Spar and 14 more.
Jan. 1, 1993 to June 5, 2008
Other board members at UnitedHealth Group during this time were Douglas W. Leatherdale, Gail R. Wilensky, Glenn M. Renwick and 8 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, Target SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe