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If the SEC Measured CEO Pay Packages Properly, They Would Look Even More Outrageous

Harvard Business Review

In the early 1990s, when concern about excessive executive pay became a hot political issue in the United States, a ratio of 100:1 compared unfavorably with the ratios in the vicinity of 20:1 that were said to prevail in Japan, Germany, and France. Martin was, however, $193 million in 2014 and $232 million in 2015.

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