When CEO pay exploded (update)
Episode
22 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Leadership, Economics & Policy
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What It Covers
How CEO compensation exploded from $4 million to $19 million between 1992-2000 due to Clinton-era tax policy promoting stock options over salary.
Notable Moment
Compensation consultant Don Delves describes delivering a hundred-page report to shocked board members who kept saying "oh, holy" at each page revealing executive overpayment.
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