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Executive Total Compensation Reports For 500 Large U.S. Selected Companies (SEC Data)
 | Chief Executive Officer | | | Chief Executive Officers determine and formulate policies and provide the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within the guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers. Meets frequently with subordinate executives to ensure that operations are conducted in accordance with these policies. The chief executive officer of a corporation retains overall accountability; however, a chief operating officer may be delegated several responsibilities, including the authority to oversee executives who direct the activities of various departments and implement the organization's policies on a day-to-day basis. In publicly held and nonprofit corporations, the board of directors ultimately is accountable for the success or failure of the enterprise, and the chief executive officer reports to the board. |
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| Chief Financial Officer | | | Chief Financial Officers plan, direct, and coordinate the financial activities of an organization at the highest level of management. Includes financial reserve officers. Chief financial officers direct the organization's financial goals, objectives, and budgets. They oversee the investment of funds and manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities, execute capital-raising strategies to support a firm's expansion, and deal with mergers and acquisitions. |
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| All Other Executive Officers | | | The "All Other Executive Officers" includes Benchmarks such as Chief Operating Officer which typically directs and administers the integrated operational activities to ensure compliance with established objectives and continuous provision of quality, cost-effective services. Chief Operating Officers may oversee management accounting, finance, and information systems. |
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Source Information
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Information in the chart below relies on information gathered from the Securities and Exchange Commission based on summary executive compensation disclosure in the public filings of 500 large companies for 2006. Additional materials that explain a company's executive compensation, such as footnotes to the Summary Compensation Table and the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, are included in the company's proxy statement which are available online from the SEC. Entire executive compensation disclosures in proxy statements should be reviewed to fully understand a company's compensation disclosure.
The 500 companies in this report were selected for two reasons: first, they all reported their 2006 compensation information following the SEC's new compensation disclosure requirements, which took effect for companies' Form 10-Ks for fiscal years ending on or after December 15, 2006; and second, they are all among the largest companies in the U.S., measured by market capitalization and/or revenues. Listings in the report are sorted by company name.
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