Where to find company boss's salary figures?
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Listed companies put their stuff out there for free.
Private Ltd co's will be on Companies house.
There are services which will allow you to download reports/summaries etc, but that being "useful" information is generally not available for free. That said, there are a lot of places providing these kind of services.
Private Ltd co's will be on Companies house.
There are services which will allow you to download reports/summaries etc, but that being "useful" information is generally not available for free. That said, there are a lot of places providing these kind of services.
For PUBLIC companies (i.e. those listed on a stock exchange where you can buy shares) the details will be in their annual reports, which are often on-line and certainly accessible with a phone call.
However, note that the actual amount an exec is paid is often difficult to determine owing to LTIPs (long term incentive plans, i.e. options, performance pay and the like).
For example, the highest paid FTSE 100 CEO is often just the guy who had the most share options vest in a given year. Yet in reality he will have built many of those options up over several years.
Also given the mark to market of many options they can be worthless in one year, hugely valuable the next and then vest somewhere in the middle.
You can't work out what they have really EARNED until you know how much the LTIPs have paid at the end of the term.
Then you have an added complication of a pension or golden parachute which can only be determined in value after they leave.
Often the simple annual salary is the least relevant part of their compensation. e.g. Steve Jobs paid himself a $1 salary but wasn't too poor.
However, note that the actual amount an exec is paid is often difficult to determine owing to LTIPs (long term incentive plans, i.e. options, performance pay and the like).
For example, the highest paid FTSE 100 CEO is often just the guy who had the most share options vest in a given year. Yet in reality he will have built many of those options up over several years.
Also given the mark to market of many options they can be worthless in one year, hugely valuable the next and then vest somewhere in the middle.
You can't work out what they have really EARNED until you know how much the LTIPs have paid at the end of the term.
Then you have an added complication of a pension or golden parachute which can only be determined in value after they leave.
Often the simple annual salary is the least relevant part of their compensation. e.g. Steve Jobs paid himself a $1 salary but wasn't too poor.
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