I’m not going to go on a rant about CEO pay but I will say that this sort of eye popping compensation for the top people began at the same time that the boards of directors got taken over by the same executives. The board is supposed to represent the interests of the shareholders, not the executives. I believe there is a conflict of interest in serving as both a board member and an executive in the firm and it shouldn’t be permitted. If it weren’t, I imagine some of the more extreme compensation examples would fade away.
Compared to the annual revenues of Comcast 41 million is chump change.
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