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CEOs Who Risk Big for Big Paydays

By: Fast Company staffWed Jan 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM

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Research shows that incentivizing CEOs with large pay and stock-option packages doesn't always have the intended effect of aligning their interests with shareholders. These six CEOs got fired because their risky moves backfired. Did their big paydays blind them to risk?

  1. Angelo Mozilo
    Countrywide
  2. Stan O'Neal
    Merrill Lynch
  3. Carly Fiorina
    HP
  4. Ken Thompson
    Wachovia
  5. Kerry Killinger
    WaMu
  6. Chuck Prince
    Citigroup

 

 

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Kerry Killinger, Carly Fiorina, incentive clauses, CEO, Angelo Mozilo, Ken Thompson, Stan O'Neal, Chuck Prince, Angelo Mozilo, Stan O'Neal, Carly Fiorina, Kerry Killinger, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

From Issue 132 | February 2009

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