[SirSourdough]

I don’t think there’s all that much concern about incentive packages tied to performance.

The question in my mind is: how much compensation is required to provide that incentive? And is it reasonable for that to result in a small portion of people making not just more than the typical person, but astronomically more to the point where the typical person is left very nearly broke and powerless?

[jokethrowaway]

The real question is: How much money are the shareholders happy to pay for a CEO to accomodate their level of risk and their level of confidence in the returns?

If they could pay less, they would.

[uoaei]

Name one company where shareholders get to vote on CEO pay.

[ectopod]

Its not uncommon in the UK but the big investors tend to be funds and their managers are part of the same class that benefits from ever increasing executive compensation. So they rarely vote against.