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 Study: What CEOs Really EarnConsumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), Febuary 21, 2013Based on findings from the article, Equilar's Early look at Realizable Pay Article 
"In a study published Thursday, the compensation advisory firm Equilar looked at the realizable pay over a three year period for a group of S&P 1500 CEOS. Equilar pulled the reported pay of CEOs whose firms filed their proxies from June, 2012 through December, 2012. Looking at the reported numbers for fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012, Equilar then calculated the CEOs realizable pay over that three year period and came up with the 20 highest paid CEOs of this group." |
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A Boardroom With a ViewThe Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2013"A study by compensation-research firm Equilar Inc. found that companies with CFOs sitting on outside corporate boards generally outperformed those that didn’t, based on total shareholder returns over the past three years." |
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Goldman Directors Get a Pay RaiseThe New York Times DealBook, April 12, 2013In 2012, the average compensation for a Goldman director was $447622, according to compensation data provider Equilar. |
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CEOs: Look Who's Getting the Biggest PaychecksCNBC, April 8, 2013 |
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20 Top-Paid CEOsHuffington Post, April 7, 2013"America's 100 best-paid corporate chiefs got an 18.7 percent boost in their perks packages, according to a survey of executive pay performed by Equilar for The New York Times." |
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20 Top-Paid CEOsCNNMoney, April 8, 2013"Oracle’s Larry Ellison made a cool $96 million last year. Nike’s chief saw his total pay triple. What other CEOs took home big bucks?" |
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Out of the Spotlight, a Lucrative PaydayThe New York Times, April 6, 2013"Consider Leon Black, C.E.O. of Apollo Global Management, among the largest private equity firms with $2.86 billion in 2012 revenue. He took in more than $125 million last year. A tiny piece — $287,000 — was from salary and other base compensation. The bulk was from distributions based on the 92.7 million shares he owns in the firm, according to Equilar calculations." |
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The Infinity Pool of Executive PayThe New York Times, April 6, 2013"Indeed, while Mr. Wynn may have been a very frequent flier in 2012 among chief executives listed in an annual survey of executive pay conducted for The New York Times by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, he has plenty of company in the shareholder-unfriendly skies." |
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If Shareholders Say ‘Enough Already,’ the Board May ListenThe New York Times, April 6, 2013"Last year, the median chief executive at a United States company with more than $5 billion in revenue received about $14 million, 2.8 percent more than in 2011, according to an annual pay analysis conducted by Equilar." |
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Oracle’s Ellison Highest-Paid CEO as Pay Gains, NYT ReportsBloomberg, April 6, 2013"Equilar’s study for the newspaper covered executives at public companies with annual revenue of more than $5 billion which had filed proxy statements by March 29, the Times said." |
Staying on as a CEO...at 4 Percent of Your Usual PayMarketplace, April 5, 2013"Cutting pay packages for underperforming CEOs is a growing trend, says Equilar’s Boyd. "Companies are much more sensitive to investor sentiment regarding pay," he notes. "We’re starting to see pay reflect how the companies are performing."" |
