In other cases one person is both chairman and president. We always try to include the CFO, the chief legal officer, and the chief human resources or personnel officer. Our best advice is that officers' pay levels are clear indicators of who the board of directors thinks are most important on the management team. Here we include the company's headquarters, street address, telephone and fax numbers, and Web site as available. In some cases we have also included information on the geographical distribution of the company's business, including sales and profit data.
Pretax profits are after interest but before taxes.
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