Taizo Nishimuro

Between 2008 and 2012 he made
$854,447
as a director, more than 42% of all directors

Paid CEOs an average of
$31,718,608
in the last year of his directorship, more than 95% of all directors

Increased CEO pay by an average of
$7,206,458
between 2008 and 2012, more than 81% of all directors

Shares of his companies increased by
3.5%
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 78% of all directors

The Taizo Nishimuro Stock Index

From September 2008 to July 2010, if you bought shares in companies when Taizo Nishimuro joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 3.5 percent return on your investment, compared to a -19.6 percent return from the S&P 500.

Taizo Nishimuro's companies

International Business Machines

Sept. 1, 2008 to July 1, 2010

Other board members at International Business Machines during this time were Alain J.P. Belda, Andrew N. Liveris, Cathleen Black and 10 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 .

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