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首席執行官們心滿意足,很大程度上是因為他們在為自己服務。億萬富翁、賽富時(Salesforce)首席執行官馬克·貝尼奧夫也不例外。但貝尼奧夫的狂歡似乎正在放慢腳步,原因是股東們剛剛叫停了他最新的巨額薪酬方案。
根據美國證券交易委員會(Securities and Exchange Commissio)周一公布的一份文件,貝尼奧夫的擬議薪酬計劃與賽富時其他高管的擬議薪酬計劃一起,以4.048億票被否決(3.393億票贊成)。
和許多大佬一樣,貝尼奧夫的真正身價來自于股票期權。他的基本工資保持在155萬美元,但他在2024財年的收入為3960萬美元。根據賽富時的一份委托書,去年貝尼奧夫的收入為2990萬美元,由于賽富時向他提供了更多的股票獎勵,包括股東們剛剛否決的計劃授予的2000萬美元股權機會,他的身價也隨之大幅飆升。
據美國全國廣播公司財經頻道(CNBC)報道,雖然董事會鼓勵股東接受上述提議,但兩家股東咨詢公司Glass Lewis和Institutional Shareholder Services卻提出了不同意見。然而,股東投票并不具有約束力,這意味著貝尼奧夫仍然可以獲得百萬美元獎金。
賽富時沒有立即回應《財富》雜志的置評請求。
在疫情的陰影下,高管和股東都賺得盆滿缽滿。根據非營利組織樂施會(Oxfam)對200多家美國最大企業的分析報告,股東派息和首席執行官薪酬“升至創紀錄水平”。根據該研究,從2018年到2022年,首席執行官的薪酬增長了31%。
樂施會美國私營部門高級主管伊里特·塔米爾(Irit Tamir)今年3月對《財富》雜志表示:“規則正在被操縱,而這些公司正在幫助操縱規則。"她補充說:"我們實際上處于新的鍍金時代?!?/p>
看看埃隆·馬斯克(Elon Musk)最近的勝利就知道游戲是怎么進行的了。今年早些時候,特拉華州的一名法官裁定,馬斯克提出的創紀錄的550億美元薪酬方案是不合理的,并稱這是一筆“不可思議的金額”。
大法官凱瑟琳·麥考密克(Kathaleen McCormick)寫道:"批準馬斯克薪酬計劃的過程存在嚴重缺陷。"她還補充說,這位首席執行官"與負責代表特斯拉(Tesla)進行談判的人有著廣泛的聯系"。
即便如此,董事會強烈反對這一裁決,并再次要求股東們就薪酬方案進行投票。據美聯社報道,他們以壓倒性多數投票支持馬斯克,批準了馬斯克目前價值449億美元的薪酬方案。盡管馬斯克一直被批評把注意力分散在太多的項目上,甚至被格伯川崎財富管理公司(Gerber Kawasaki)的首席執行官羅斯·格伯(Ross Gerber)稱為“缺席的首席執行官”。
作為特斯拉的股東之一,格伯在第二次投票前嚴厲批評了特斯拉董事會。他告訴??怂股虡I頻道(Fox Business):“董事會不僅不是獨立的,而且基本上是在為埃隆工作。在某種程度上,你不得不說,需要變更董事會成員?!?/p>
即便如此,在首席執行官的大流行時代,馬斯克的缺席似乎價值數十億美元。目前而言,這還不適用于貝尼奧夫,但情況可能會改變。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
首席執行官們心滿意足,很大程度上是因為他們在為自己服務。億萬富翁、賽富時(Salesforce)首席執行官馬克·貝尼奧夫也不例外。但貝尼奧夫的狂歡似乎正在放慢腳步,原因是股東們剛剛叫停了他最新的巨額薪酬方案。
根據美國證券交易委員會(Securities and Exchange Commissio)周一公布的一份文件,貝尼奧夫的擬議薪酬計劃與賽富時其他高管的擬議薪酬計劃一起,以4.048億票被否決(3.393億票贊成)。
和許多大佬一樣,貝尼奧夫的真正身價來自于股票期權。他的基本工資保持在155萬美元,但他在2024財年的收入為3960萬美元。根據賽富時的一份委托書,去年貝尼奧夫的收入為2990萬美元,由于賽富時向他提供了更多的股票獎勵,包括股東們剛剛否決的計劃授予的2000萬美元股權機會,他的身價也隨之大幅飆升。
據美國全國廣播公司財經頻道(CNBC)報道,雖然董事會鼓勵股東接受上述提議,但兩家股東咨詢公司Glass Lewis和Institutional Shareholder Services卻提出了不同意見。然而,股東投票并不具有約束力,這意味著貝尼奧夫仍然可以獲得百萬美元獎金。
賽富時沒有立即回應《財富》雜志的置評請求。
在疫情的陰影下,高管和股東都賺得盆滿缽滿。根據非營利組織樂施會(Oxfam)對200多家美國最大企業的分析報告,股東派息和首席執行官薪酬“升至創紀錄水平”。根據該研究,從2018年到2022年,首席執行官的薪酬增長了31%。
樂施會美國私營部門高級主管伊里特·塔米爾(Irit Tamir)今年3月對《財富》雜志表示:“規則正在被操縱,而這些公司正在幫助操縱規則。"她補充說:"我們實際上處于新的鍍金時代?!?/p>
看看埃隆·馬斯克(Elon Musk)最近的勝利就知道游戲是怎么進行的了。今年早些時候,特拉華州的一名法官裁定,馬斯克提出的創紀錄的550億美元薪酬方案是不合理的,并稱這是一筆“不可思議的金額”。
大法官凱瑟琳·麥考密克(Kathaleen McCormick)寫道:"批準馬斯克薪酬計劃的過程存在嚴重缺陷。"她還補充說,這位首席執行官"與負責代表特斯拉(Tesla)進行談判的人有著廣泛的聯系"。
即便如此,董事會強烈反對這一裁決,并再次要求股東們就薪酬方案進行投票。據美聯社報道,他們以壓倒性多數投票支持馬斯克,批準了馬斯克目前價值449億美元的薪酬方案。盡管馬斯克一直被批評把注意力分散在太多的項目上,甚至被格伯川崎財富管理公司(Gerber Kawasaki)的首席執行官羅斯·格伯(Ross Gerber)稱為“缺席的首席執行官”。
作為特斯拉的股東之一,格伯在第二次投票前嚴厲批評了特斯拉董事會。他告訴??怂股虡I頻道(Fox Business):“董事會不僅不是獨立的,而且基本上是在為埃隆工作。在某種程度上,你不得不說,需要變更董事會成員?!?/p>
即便如此,在首席執行官的大流行時代,馬斯克的缺席似乎價值數十億美元。目前而言,這還不適用于貝尼奧夫,但情況可能會改變。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
CEOs’ cups runneth over, largely because they’re serving themselves. And the billionaire CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff, is no exception. But it seems as if Benioff’s spree is slowing down ever so slightly, as his shareholders just pumped the brakes on his latest hefty compensation package.
Alongside the suggested pay plans of other Salesforce executives, Benioff’s proposed compensation was rejected by 404.8 million votes (versus 339.3 million in favor), according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing published on Monday.
Like many bigwigs, Benioff’s real worth comes from his stock options. His base salary stayed at $1.55 million, but he raked in $39.6 million in the 2024 fiscal year. The prior year, Benioff made $29.9 million, and his worth ballooned as Salesforce offered him yet more stock grants, including a $20 million equity opportunity in the plan shareholders just rejected, according to a Salesforce proxy statement.
While the board encouraged shareholders to accept said proposal, two shareholder advisory companies, Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services, suggested otherwise, according to CNBC. The shareholders’ vote, however, is not binding, meaning Benioff could still get his million-dollar bonus.
Salesforce did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment.
Both executives and shareholders have made out quite nicely in the shadow of the pandemic. Shareholder payouts and CEO pay have “risen to record levels,” according to nonprofit Oxfam’s report analyzing more than 200 of the largest U.S. corporations. CEO pay has jumped by 31% from 2018 to 2022, per said study.
“The rules are being rigged, and the companies are helping to rig them,” Irit Tamir, senior director of Oxfam America’s private sector department, told Fortune in March, adding that “we are essentially in a new Gilded Age.”
Look no further than Elon Musk’s recent victory to see how the game is played. Earlier this year, a judge in Delaware ruled that Musk’s proposed pay package for Tesla, worth a record $55 billion, wasn’t justified and called it an “unfathomable sum.”
“The process leading to the approval of Musk’s compensation plan was deeply flawed,” Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick wrote, adding that the CEO “had extensive ties with the persons tasked with negotiating on Tesla’s behalf.”
Even so, the board pushed back against this decision and asked shareholders again to vote on the package. They overwhelmingly sided with Musk, granting back a pay plan now valued at $44.9 billion, per the Associated Press. That’s even though Musk has been criticized for splitting his attention among too many projects, even being called an “absent CEO” by Gerber Kawasaki CEO Ross Gerber.
Gerber, a shareholder himself, excoriated the Tesla board ahead of its second vote. “Not only is the board not independent, they basically work for Elon,” he told Fox Business. “At some point, you’ve just got to say, this board needs to be replaced.”
Even so, Musk’s absence appears to be worth billions in the pandemic era of the CEO. The same can’t be said for Benioff as of yet—but that could change.