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 2010 to April 2011, if you bought shares in companies when James J. Mongan joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 26.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a 15.2 percent return from the S&P 500.
Jan. 1, 2010 to April 18, 2011
Other board members at Cardinal Health during this time were Bruce L. Downey, Calvin Darden, Carrie S. Cox 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, Cardinal Health SEC filings (2010, 2011).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe