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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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John R. Stafford

John R. Stafford

  • Between 2008 and 2012 he made
  • $1,757,327
  • as a director, more than 84% of all directors
  • Paid CEOs an average of
  • $22,537,751
  • in the last year of his directorship, more than 75% of all directors
  • Decreased CEO pay by an average of
  • $3,043,570
  • between 2008 and 2012, only 22% of directors decreased pay more
  • Shares of his companies decreased by
  • 3.7%
  • between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 58% of all directors

The John R. Stafford Stock Index

From January 2008 to May 2011, if you bought shares in companies when John R. Stafford joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -3.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -7.3 percent return from the S&P 500.

John R. Stafford's companies

Verizon Communications

Jan. 1, 1997 to May 1, 2011

Other board members at Verizon Communications during this time were Clarence Otis, Jr., Donald T. Nicolaisen, Hugh B. Price and 10 more.

His Yearly Compensation
Yearly Payments to CEOs
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Honeywell International

Jan. 1, 1993 to April 26, 2010

Other board members at Honeywell International during this time were Bradley Sheares, Clive Hollick, D. Scott Davis and 10 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.

* Year where CEO pay is prorated because they were an employee before or after their tenure as CEO.

Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Verizon Communications SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Honeywell International SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010).

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