Comments on: Top-paid CEOs: Steve Jobs drops from No. 1 to No. 120

By: JD, Las Vegas NV

JD, Las Vegas NV — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:45:38 +0000

Here's from a list of top CEO compensation 2007:

2. John Thain, Merrill Lynch & Co., $83.1 million

6. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., $53.9 million

9. John Mack, Morgan Stanley, $41.7 million

Merrill Lynch was a bailout disguised as a buyout, the other two were bailout companies. Money well spent.

By: Wayne Borean, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Wayne Borean, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:54:50 +0000

I think that if you hold stock in a company who's CEO is on this list you may have made a bad investment. I haven't the time on a Sunday morning to crunch the numbers, but how much value did each of these CEOs bring to the shareholder, and does their pay match this?

A quick look at the numbers in the column makes me think that Steve Jobs was a bargain this year, and a disaster last year. Larry Ellison looks like a disaster, heck anyone in the top 12 looks like a probable disaster, and I would hesitate to buy stock in their companies.

Executive compensation appears to (in some companies) be out of control. It needs to be based on the value that the executive brings to his bosses, the stock holders, in a market based approach.

At least that's how I see it. Mind you, I'd love to have Larry Ellison's salary .

By: carrie, calgary canada

carrie, calgary canada — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:01:54 +0000

So that's a bad thing that he gets paid so little??? I don't think so. I don't like the idea of owning stock where the CEO gets paid 192 million a year (ORACLE) – it makes me wonder why they can't find anything better to do with that money. Well done APPLE!

By: scott, sydney, NSW

scott, sydney, NSW — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:43:56 +0000

Please read correctly before you comment, the list shows

"top 12 technology CEOs" not over the whole range, where is was No 120.

Keep up the good work Steve, its the coming years where you will really shine, ie after apple hits $1000

By: Peter, Cupertino, CA

Peter, Cupertino, CA — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:03:32 +0000

Hey Fortune, how about doing a list of CEO pay over 5 years instead of just one? That along with shareholder returns over that span might actually show which CEO's are earning their pay.

By: Fabio, Italy

Fabio, Italy — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:56:19 +0000

120?

By: Jeffrey Melton, Fort Wayne, IN

Jeffrey Melton, Fort Wayne, IN — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:51:00 +0000

Your headline says '120' instead of '12'

ex ped: Jobs is No. 120 in the list that includes all U.S. CEOs and No. 11 in the list of tech CEOs.