Michael K. Powell

Between 2008 and 2012 he made
$1,335,172
as a director, more than 66% of all directors

Paid CEOs an average of
$12,886,125
in the last year of his directorship, more than 41% of all directors

Decreased CEO pay by an average of
$4,165,524
between 2008 and 2012, only 18% of directors decreased pay more

Shares of his companies decreased by
36.5%
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 24% of all directors

The Michael K. Powell Stock Index

From January 2008 to March 2011, if you bought shares in companies when Michael K. Powell joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -36.5 percent return on your investment, compared to a -9.7 percent return from the S&P 500.

Michael K. Powell's companies

Cisco Systems

March 1, 2007 to March 31, 2011

Other board members at Cisco Systems during this time were Arun Sarin, Brian L. Halla, Carol A. Bartz and 9 more.

His Yearly Compensation

Yearly Payments to CEOs

MEDIAN

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.

Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Cisco Systems SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).

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