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Caterpillar Puts CEO Back in Charge of Board

Caterpillar Inc.’s CAT 0.35% chief executive Jim Umpleby has been named chairman of the machinery giant’s board as well, cementing his leadership nearly two…

6 years ago

Big Pay, Short Stays for Hardware Chiefs

It’s been a volatile year at the top of the semiconductor and hardware business. Four of the 21 largest such…

6 years ago

How Companies Large and Small Pay Their Workers

A WSJ analysis of 1,111 companies finds size matters for pay — but other factors matter more. As U.S. companies…

6 years ago

Chevron Boss, Not Exxon’s, Was Highest Paid in 2017

Recently retired John Watson of the oil giant Chevron Corp. CVX 0.06% topped the list of highest-paid energy bosses in the S&P 500, taking home…

6 years ago

Big Media Firms Pay CEOs More for Less

It pays to be a media titan. Chief executives in the media and telecom industries made twice as much as…

6 years ago

Ever Heard of Iqvia? Its CEO Made $38 Million

Iqvia Holdings Inc. IQV 0.83% is hardly a household name, but its boss made more last year than the chief executive of Johnson & Johnson —or…

6 years ago

Jamie Dimon Tops List of Highest-Paid Finance CEOs

The highest-paid banking and finance chief executive in the S&P 500 is no surprise. It is James Dimon, head of JPMorgan…

6 years ago

Did We Say $1.5 Million? We Meant $10.9 Million. Firms Fix CEO Pay Flubs

When Laboratory Corp. of America LH 3.61% disclosed pay for its chief executive in March, the company said he made $1.5 million in 2016.…

6 years ago

The 10 Highest-Paid Software and Services CEOs

The highest-paid software executive of 2017? That was Gary Norcross, chief executive of Fidelity National Information Services Inc., at $29.1…

6 years ago

CEO Pay and Performance Often Don’t Match Up

The best-paid CEOs don’t necessarily run the best-performing companies. Corporate boards have tried for years to tie chief executive compensation…

6 years ago