The CEO Pay Machine (Summary)

ebook How It Trashes America and How to Stop It

By Steven Clifford

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getAbstract Summary: Get the key points from this book in 10 minutes.

The salaries and compensation packages companies pay CEOs have rocketed in recent decades: Even mediocre CEOs commonly receive $100 million paydays. Steven Clifford offers an eloquent evisceration of executive pay, blaming a cabal of compensation consultants and cozy directors. He’s a former CEO who has served on a number of corporate boards, so he’s able to use clear language and even humor to explain the taxability of stock options and the manipulation of performance benchmarks. Clifford is also a painstaking reporter. However, while his suggestions for stopping the CEO pay machine are intriguing, his idea for a luxury tax on executive compensation higher than $6 million is probably a nonstarter under the Trump White House. getAbstract recommends this engaging analysis to analysts, strategists, budget-minded employees and shareholders seeking contrarian insight into executive pay trends.

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From THE CEO PAY MACHINE by Steven Clifford. Summarized by arrangement with Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC

The CEO Pay Machine (Summary)