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Google's Sundar Pichai tops list of the 100 'most overpaid' CEOs with package worth $281M - after new study compared salaries to shareholder return
[Daily Mail] A new study ranks the 100 most 'overpaid' CEOs in America, with Google's Sundar Pichai topping the list after earning $281 million.

CEO pay increased 14 percent in 2019 from the year before, to an average of $21.3 million, according to the '100 Most Overpaid CEOs' study released on Thursday by nonprofit group As You Sow.

The report compares executive compensation to a company's shareholder return over the past five years to determine 'excess' CEO pay, and urges major shareholders to crack down on exorbitant compensation.

For Google, the authors argue that some 95 percent of Pichai's pay is excessive, and note that he earns more than 1,000 times the salary of an average Google employee.

The report also argued that many companies were 'repeat offenders,' the worst being Discovery, Disney, and Comcast.

The CEOs of those three companies have been paid more than $744 million in three years, even though the businesses have consistently underperformed financially, the study said.
Posted by: Shavinter Omeamp5213 2021-02-28
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