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.
May 6, 2009 to May 16, 2013
Other board members at Hess during this time were Craig G. Matthews, Edith E. Holiday, Ernst H. von Metzsch and 6 more.
April 29, 2009 to April 27, 2011
Other board members at DuPont during this time were Alexander M. Cutler, Bertrand P. Collomb, Curtis J. Crawford and 8 more.
The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.
Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, DuPont SEC filings (2009, 2010, 2011), Hess SEC filings (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
By Shane Shifflett, Jay Boice, Hilary Fung and Aaron Bycoffe