When sales and profits fall, bonus dollars that might have gone to senior officers instead typically become retention bait for lower-ranked employees. They've gotten what they've wished for. Because of that, they're going to be paying the price in this downturn. Dawn Lepore, CIO at The Charles Schwab Corp. in San Francisco, had a great 2000. I don't think about it that way.
Companies typically list their five highest-paid officers.
3 Resigned May 2001, replaced by Larry Thomas. 4 Resigned February 2000 to head Enterasys, a Cabletron spin-off company. Filed for bankruptcy-court protection. Company proxy statements filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington. Click to Download.