It is not about the annual salary but about all the other bonuses and stock- options. Seems the CEO's "forget" about all the other nice things and toys they get. But they like to keep these in the dak. Specially from the "little/small" share-holders. Much like German politicians. Don't know abotu other countries. Just my own opinion. Michael On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:34:47 +0000, J Dunlop <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Last night, by accident, I happened to catch Carly Fiorina on UK TV >being interviewed for a business program. As far as I remember (it was >late) she was touted as the leading American Businesswoman and she has >apparently been giving talks on "Why American Capitalism has failed" >(forgive me if it isn't the exact phrasing). During the interview, >Carly stressed that it was important for customers to be able to trust >Big Businesses (in spite of Worldcom, Enron etc) and the basis of this >trust had to depend on the integrity of the company (and their upper >management). I don't think I have to comment further on that. > >She was also asked if she really thought she was worth her $1,000,000 >annual salary but she fudged the issue and said that many other CEOs >earned more than she did. Personally, I wasn't impressed and the rest >of the interview was mostly marketing-speak. > >Cheers, > >John Dunlop > >E-mail : [log in to unmask] "If at first you don't succeed... >Web : http://www.hp3000links.com Don't take up sky-diving !" >"All your HP e3000 resources on the Net" >(Mirror: http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~jdunlop/index1.htm) > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *