Ben MacKenzie

CEO Overcompensation

December 16, 2013

$525,000,000
Excessive | Appalling | Unequal

Irrational CEO Pay

The red number above represents the retirement bonus that Nabors Industrys CEO Gene Isenburg was set to receive before his companys stock fell, leaving him with a measly $126 million. 100

U.S.A. Wealth Distribution by % Earning

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Wealth Distribution
Guess what percent of American wealth the top 400 earners control. 1%? 5%? 10%? Not close. The top 400 earners make more money than the bottom 60% of Americans combined. 25

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 99.9%

Think about it
Its reasonable to have a system in place where the hardest workers are paid more than those less motivated, but to think that such an incredible imbalance of wealth is in a country such as America is unbelievable. Oddly enough it has been shown that 90% of Americans vastly underestimate the magnitude of this wealth-distribution issue in this country. Spread the word.

CEO Name John Hammergren Ralph Lauren Michael Fascitelli Richard Kinder David Cote

2012 Wage $131 million $67 million $64 million $61 million $56 million

Note: The chart above doesnt even include stock options.

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