CEO Pay-Ratio Math Gets Messy in 2020
As far as math problems go, it’s not a hard one. You take the CEO’s compensation and divide it by the compensation of the median employee. Presto!...
Coronavirus Diagnoses Pose a Disclosure Dilemma
The coronavirus scare unofficially started in the United States on March 11. That was the day NBA all-star Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positiv...
Severed Heads: Companies Split CEO, Chairman Roles
The saying goes that if you want a job done right, do it yourself. But public companies seem to have learned a different lesson. When things go wrong,...
CEO Scrutiny Spikes WeWork IPO
The founders of companies getting ready for IPOs used to get lionized. Now, they’re getting thrown to the lions.
It wasn’t so long ago that the...
“Overboarding,” Lack of Board Diversity Emerge as Governance Battlegrounds
As one of the largest asset managers in the world, BlackRock has leveraged its position in recent years to encourage better corporate governance and a...
Governance Advocates Looking to Close GAAP in CEO Pay Calculations
A company underperforms. Its stock price tanks. The CEO collects a big payday.
It’s far from a unique story in Corporate America. Some stakeholde...