Highly Paid CEOs Produce Poor Returns For Investors; Here Are The Most Overpaid Ones

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Rupert Hargreaves
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The argument over CEO pay has been raging for many decades, but with wealth inequality increasing around the world, the chorus of those calling for CEO pay to be restrained is growing louder. Highly CEO payouts are usually justified as retainers — to keep the right people you need to pay them well. What’s more, shareholders have been willing to turn a blind eye to CEO excess if the manager in question has delivered for investors. So are there too many Overpaid CEOs and if so how do we determine whether they are being paid too much? Overpaid CEOs: Not…

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk