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Highest paid CEO’s in 2008 didn’t perform that well as a group

By Dividend Growth... on Thu, 2009-05-14 06:58
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In the corporate world executives receive high amounts of compensation including salary, stock options, restricted stock, perks and many others, which in some cases could amount to millions of dollars. It is often argued that executives of large Fortune 500 corporations get a large paycheck as an incentive to perform well in order to reward shareholders with increased wealth.