Steven M. West

Between 2008 and 2012 he made
$1,823,027
as a director, more than 86% of all directors

Paid CEOs an average of
$11,687,666
in the last year of his directorship, more than 34% of all directors

Decreased CEO pay by an average of
$5,363,983
between 2008 and 2012, only 14% of directors decreased pay more

Shares of his companies decreased by
27.2%
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 26% of all directors

The Steven M. West Stock Index

From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Steven M. West joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -27.2 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.

Steven M. West's companies

Cisco Systems

April 1, 1996 to July 26, 2016

Other board members at Cisco Systems during this time were Arun Sarin, Brian L. Halla, Carol A. Bartz and 11 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, 2012).

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