CEOs have done pretty well for themselves in 2019. Data from multiple compensation consultancies share one consistent finding: Pay is up. … MyLogIQ’s data, for instance, shows that median CEO total direct comp was roughly $12.5 million for the S&P 500 and around $5.1 million for the Russell 3000. Pay Ratios Meanwhile, in the second…
9% of S&P 500 CEOs in 2018 Were 50 and Younger – Young CEOs are rare in the S&P 500. As indicated by the CompanyIQ® SEC EDGAR database, only 45 of the 500 CEOs in 2018 were 50 and younger. 4 of the 45 Young CEOs are Women – Though they were not the youngest…
The list of the top-10 biggest spenders on aircraft perks added a new member to its ranks: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. In 2018, Sandberg’s pay package included nearly $909,000 in aircraft perks, according to SEC filings analyzer MyLogIQ. She ranks fourth on Agenda’s list of top-10 air travel spenders in the S&P 500. First on the list is, once again, Mark Zuckerberg, Sandberg’s boss….
When he became chief executive of power-generation company NRG Energy Inc. more than three years ago, Mauricio Gutierrez said his selection raised eyebrows. One reason: He is younger than most executives running S&P 500 companies. “I’m an outlier,” the 48-year-old said. “People take notice.” At America’s largest companies, chief executives under 50 are still a relative rarity. A Wall Street Journal…
The mechanics of chief-executive pay have grown ever more complex, but the rules remain simple: Strong performers get a raise. So do most of the rest. For the fourth year straight, the biggest U.S. companies set CEO pay records in 2018, a Wall Street Journal analysis found, even as a majority delivered negative stock-market returns…
Halfway through this season of “American Idol,” Katy Perry hit a milestone. That’s when her earnings as a judge on the ABC show surpassed what most chief executives in the S&P 500 made all of last year. The Wall Street Journal this week released its annual analysis of CEO pay, which hit another post-recession record in…
Median pay reached $12.4 million for CEOs of the biggest US companies in 2018, setting a fourth straight post-recession high.
Becoming a chief executive officer of a top company seems like the pinnacle of success, so what kind of money do those at the top make? For its annual report on compensation for CEOs of S&P 500 companies, The Wall Street Journal found that it varies widely, with the highest-paid CEO earning $129.4 million in 2018 and the…
Median pay reached $12.4 million for CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies in 2018, setting a fourth straight post-recession high even as stock-market returns tumbled at most of the companies. Most S&P 500 CEOs got raises of 5% or better during the year, while total shareholder return was -5.8%, according to a WSJ analysis of…
David M. Zaslav, the president and chief executive officer of media company Discovery, Inc., came in at No. 1 with compensation of $129.4 million, according to the Wall Street Journal‘s analysis of data from MyLogIQ. The total is a combination of cash pay, stock pay and other sources. Zaslav’s pay is “nearly all performance-based,” the company said….