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How companies performed and rewarded their leaders: Explained in six charts

Mid and small companies are more generous in rewarding their CEOs as compared to their larger peers

How companies performed and rewarded their leaders: Explained in six charts
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Corporate Performance and Reward Metrics

Quick Facts:

• Nine out of top 10 earners in 2019 were promoter CEOs

• Mid and small companies more generous in rewarding their CEOs vs larger peers 

• Top management remuneration was less than one per cent of the profits for country’s leading listed companies

• For many mid-sized companies, CEO salary was equivalent to more than five per cent of their net profits 

• Commodity companies, lenders and automakers saw fastest growth in CEO salary last year