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 James B. Williams joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 18.0 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Jan. 1, 1979 to April 24, 2013
Other board members at Coca-Cola during this time were Alexis M. Herman, Barry Diller, Cathleen P. Black and 14 more.
The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.
Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Coca-Cola SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe