Goldman Sachs CEO recieves record pay
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surpisingly enough the moral to the story is not the headline, but the firast sentence in the second paragraph. why the fuck would someone leave a job that pays $50,000,000 a year for a job that pays $150,000 a year? i know why, do you? we have been sold to the highest bidder. talk about conflict of interest. wake up america, your wealth is being stolen from under your nose and funneled to the few.
Goldman CEO reaped record $54.3 mln in pay in 2006 By Joseph A. Giannone
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/bs_nm/goldmansachs_compensation_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AqU5j38iJc8WgMCbyP6PeNKb.HQA
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS - news) Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein received more than $54.3 million in cash, stock and options last year, setting a record for Wall Street CEO remuneration after leading the most profitable investment bank for just six months.
Blankfein, 52, named CEO in June after Henry "Hank" Paulson quit to become U.S. Treasury Secretary, earned $600,000 in salary and a cash bonus of $27.2 million, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
He also received $15.7 million in restricted stock, options valued at $10.5 million and $261,906 for perks such as a car, driver and financial counseling, plus $82,876 in contributions to his pension, insurance and other benefit plans.
Excluding options, Blankfein's cash and stock pay rose 42 percent from 2005, when he was Goldman's president.
"Don't get me wrong: it is a large amount, and people want to be outraged, but this is a perfect example of executive pay tracking company performance," said Bill Coleman, chief compensation officer at Salary.com.
Goldman had a standout year in 2006, with earnings surging 70 percent to a record $9.4 billion. Its stock price rose 50 percent during the fiscal year ended November 30, more than double that of the Amex Securities Broker-Dealer Index (^XBD - news).
Goldman set aside a jaw-dropping $16 billion for bonuses, with Blankfein's cash and stock bonuses exceeding previous records held by Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER - news) CEO Stanley O'Neal, at $47.3 million in bonuses, and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS - news) chief John Mack, at $40 million.
These rival CEOs even fell short of the riches heaped on Goldman Co-Presidents Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried, who each received $52.4 million in bonuses, stock and options.
Combining salary, bonuses and stock, Cohn received $53.2 million in compensation last year. Before his promotion, Cohn, 46, was co-head of Goldman's global securities trading.
Winkelried, 47, earned nearly $53.3 million in total pay last year. He was co-head of investment banking before moving up in June.
Blankfein, who rose through the ranks as a trader and helped build Goldman's giant fixed-income business, did not exercise any stock options last year, though he held more than $63 million in in-the-money options at the end of November.
Paulson, who had led Goldman since its initial public offering in 1999, last year earned $19.2 million in salary and bonus, but he received no restricted stock or options. He realized $34.9 million by exercising options.
Goldman discloses its windfall pay packages at a time when shareholders and governance groups accuse companies of overpaying executives. With annual meetings scheduled over the next few months, several fund managers and pension groups are pushing companies to give shareholders a voice in setting pay.
Goldman CEO reaped record $54.3 mln in pay in 2006 By Joseph A. Giannone
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/bs_nm/goldmansachs_compensation_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AqU5j38iJc8WgMCbyP6PeNKb.HQA
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS - news) Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein received more than $54.3 million in cash, stock and options last year, setting a record for Wall Street CEO remuneration after leading the most profitable investment bank for just six months.
Blankfein, 52, named CEO in June after Henry "Hank" Paulson quit to become U.S. Treasury Secretary, earned $600,000 in salary and a cash bonus of $27.2 million, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
He also received $15.7 million in restricted stock, options valued at $10.5 million and $261,906 for perks such as a car, driver and financial counseling, plus $82,876 in contributions to his pension, insurance and other benefit plans.
Excluding options, Blankfein's cash and stock pay rose 42 percent from 2005, when he was Goldman's president.
"Don't get me wrong: it is a large amount, and people want to be outraged, but this is a perfect example of executive pay tracking company performance," said Bill Coleman, chief compensation officer at Salary.com.
Goldman had a standout year in 2006, with earnings surging 70 percent to a record $9.4 billion. Its stock price rose 50 percent during the fiscal year ended November 30, more than double that of the Amex Securities Broker-Dealer Index (^XBD - news).
Goldman set aside a jaw-dropping $16 billion for bonuses, with Blankfein's cash and stock bonuses exceeding previous records held by Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER - news) CEO Stanley O'Neal, at $47.3 million in bonuses, and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS - news) chief John Mack, at $40 million.
These rival CEOs even fell short of the riches heaped on Goldman Co-Presidents Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried, who each received $52.4 million in bonuses, stock and options.
Combining salary, bonuses and stock, Cohn received $53.2 million in compensation last year. Before his promotion, Cohn, 46, was co-head of Goldman's global securities trading.
Winkelried, 47, earned nearly $53.3 million in total pay last year. He was co-head of investment banking before moving up in June.
Blankfein, who rose through the ranks as a trader and helped build Goldman's giant fixed-income business, did not exercise any stock options last year, though he held more than $63 million in in-the-money options at the end of November.
Paulson, who had led Goldman since its initial public offering in 1999, last year earned $19.2 million in salary and bonus, but he received no restricted stock or options. He realized $34.9 million by exercising options.
Goldman discloses its windfall pay packages at a time when shareholders and governance groups accuse companies of overpaying executives. With annual meetings scheduled over the next few months, several fund managers and pension groups are pushing companies to give shareholders a voice in setting pay.
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what the hell are you talking about?
I would guess it's along the lines of the absurd imbalance of economic power.
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thats absurd and completely untrue
at least pick a new adjective.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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thats stupid and ridiculous
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
I just posted this in my2hands other thread about a strong economy, but it's worthy of a repeat post to show you the imbalance of economic power.