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 Richard D. McCormick joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 3.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Jan. 1, 1999 to April 29, 2013
Other board members at United Technologies during this time were Andre Francois Helier Villeneuve, Carlos M. Gutierrez, Christine T. Whitman and 10 more.
Jan. 1, 1983 to May 3, 2011
Other board members at Wells Fargo during this time were Cynthia H. Milligan, Donald B. Rice, Donald M. James and 16 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, Wells Fargo SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), United Technologies SEC filings (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe