Politics Dec 16 How CEOs of major companies are trying to gain favor with Trump By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins
Economy Jun 15 How Elon Musk’s $44.9B Tesla pay package compares to other top U.S. CEO plans Even though the median U.S. CEO pay package last year was nearly 200 times more than a worker in the middle of their company pay scales, Elon Musk’s record-setting Tesla compensation dwarfs them by comparison. By Tom Krisher, Associated Press
Economy Jun 03 CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023 while inflation burdened American workers’ budgets The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13 percent last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers. By Mae Anderson, Paul Harloff, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Economy May 31 CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take the average worker 2 lifetimes to make their annual pay After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. Still, that's unlikely to quell mounting criticism that CEO pay has become excessively high and the imbalance between company bosses and rank-and-file workers too wide. By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press
Nation Dec 20 Elon Musk tweets he’ll resign as Twitter CEO when he finds a replacement Since taking over San Francisco-based Twitter in late October, Musk’s run as CEO has been marked by quickly issued rules and policies that have often been withdrawn or changed soon after being made public. By Associated Press
Sep 12 Watch 6:57 ‘We’re at a tipping point’ on gun violence, says group of American CEOs On Thursday, a number of American business leaders joined the clamor of voices demanding meaningful legislation to reduce gun violence. CEOs from 145 major U.S. companies sent a letter to senators urging them to expand background checks and implement a… Continue watching
Aug 27 Column: Companies don’t need permission from the Business Roundtable to be better corporate citizens By Erik Gordon, The Conversation A statement from a group of CEOs, no matter how powerful, won’t fundamentally change how they operate. But there’s one thing that will. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 7:22 CEOs are saying they need to be more socially minded. Will anything change? For decades, the driving goal for corporate America has been maximizing stockholders' profits. So what made nearly 200 of the country's most prominent companies issue a joint statement this week, representing a major philosophical shift? John Yang talks to Steven… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 6:59 Why CEOs will still come to the table to work with Trump despite quitting councils By PBS News Hour President Trump has repeatedly positioned himself as the kind of leader who would have a unique connection with the corporate world. But several CEOS publicly broke with him in the past week after his remarks about the violence in Charlottesville. Continue watching
Jul 28 CEO pay down — to ‘only’ 271 times that of the typical worker By Kristen Doerer The CEOs at America's largest firms made an average of $15.6 million in 2016, according to a new report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Continue reading