Virginia M. Rometty

Between 2008 and 2012 she made
$292,931
as a director, more than 18% of all directors

Paid CEOs an average of
$9,525,487
in the last year of her directorship, more than 25% of all directors

Decreased CEO pay by an average of
$26,781,460
between 2008 and 2012, only 3% of directors decreased pay more

Shares of her companies decreased by
97.2%
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 2% of all directors

The Virginia M. Rometty Stock Index

From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Virginia M. Rometty joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -97.2 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.

Virginia M. Rometty's companies

International Business Machines

Oct. 1, 2012 to July 26, 2016

Other board members at International Business Machines during this time were Alain J.P. Belda, Andrew N. Liveris, David N. Farr and 9 more.

Her Yearly Director Pay

Yearly Payments to CEOs

MEDIAN

American International Group

Jan. 1, 2006 to May 7, 2009

Other board members at American International Group during this time were Dennis D. Dammerman, Ellen V. Futter, Frank Zarb and 11 more.

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.

* Year where CEO pay is prorated because they were an employee before or after their tenure as CEO.

Sources: Google Finance, Yahoo Finance .

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