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CEO pay skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs paid 399 times as much vs. worker
What this report finds: Corporate boards running America’s largest public firms are giving top executives outsize compensation packages that have grown much faster than the stock market and the pay of typical workers, college graduates, and even the top 0.1%. In 2021, we project that a CEO at one of the top 350 firms…
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| Nov 24, 2022 | CEO pay skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs paid 399 times as much vs. worker by paulpauper | 102 | 151 |
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