Updated September 29, 2011
A review of the compensation package figures for top retail CEOs from 2004 to 2010 should reflect the economic movement of the U.S. retail industry itself. For some of the U.S. retailing's top executives this is true, for others, the connection between the state of the economy and the health of their company seems to have no bearing on the amount of salary, bonuses, and total compensation they received in their annual pay package.
The chart below outlines the compensation figures for the CEOs of some of the largest retail chains in the U.S. for the past six years, as reported by Forbes Magazine each year. These compensation figures include salary, bonuses, vested stock grants, stock gains, and the value of exercised stock options. What these compensation figures do not include are stock options unless they have been exercised in the year indicated, unless otherwise indicated.
- See also the list of U.S. retail CEOs who received a raise in compensation in the crucial recessionary years of 2007 and 2008.
- Compare also with the list of retail CEOs who got a pay cut between 2007 and 2008.
Michael Jeffries
$23.2 million - 2010
$36.3 million - 2009
$72.0 million - 2008
$8.9 million - 2007
$114.6 million - 2006
Amazon.com
Jeffrey Bezos
$1.78 million - 2010
$1.28 million - 2009
$1.28 million - 2008
$1.28 million - 2007
$1.2 million - 2006
$82,000 - 2005
$82,000 - 2004
Apple Computer
Steven P. Jobs
$0.00 million - 2010
$0.00 - 2009
$0.00 - 2008
$14.64 million - 2007
$646.6 million - 2006
$0.00 - 2005
$0.00 - 2004
AutoNation
Michael J. Jackson
$8.56 million - 2010
$6.71 million - 2009
$1.35 million - 2008
$3.8 million - 2007
$9.0 million - 2006
$5.9 million - 2005
$2.8 million - 2004
AutoZone
William C Rhodes III
$9.54 million - 2010
$1.92 million - 2009
$6.53 million - 2008
$1.4 milion - 2007
$1.2 million - 2006
$1.2 million - 2005
Steve Odland
$2.7 million - 2004
Avon Products
Andrea Jung
$12.01 million - 2010
$9.06 Million - 2009
$11.76 million - 2008
$12.0 million - 2007
$4.8 million - 2006
$14 million - 2005
$10.7 million - 2004
Bed Bath & Beyond
Steven Temares
$3.04 million - 2010
$6.17 million - 2009
$2.39 million - 2008
$1.7 million - 2007
$1.1 million - 2006
$931,000 - 2005
$833,000 - 2004
Best Buy
Brian Dunn
$4.31 million - 2010
$1.66 million - 2009
Brad Anderson
$49.3 million - 2008
$49.3 million - 2007
$3.9 million - 2006
$3.2 million - 2005
$3.1 million - 2004
Coach
Lew Frankfort
$49.45 million - 2010
$5.64 million - 2009
$11.3 million - 2008
$5.6 million - 2007
$65.9 million - 2006
$86.5 million - 2005
- 2004
Costco
James Sinegal
$4.62 million - 2010
$2.58 million - 2009
$8.2 million - 2008
$9.0 million - 2007
$13.2 million - 2006
$578,000 - 2005
$1.9 million - 2004
CVS / Caremark
Thomas Ryan
$15.5 million - 2010
$16.56 million - 2009
#36.7 million - 2008
$19.6 million - 2007
$26.7 million - 2006
$18.2 million - 2005
$8.4 million - 2004
Darden Restaurants
Clarence Otis
$7.16 million - 2010
$3.82 million - 2009
$3.66 million - 2008
$3.8 million - 2007
$2.8 million - 2006
$1.2 million - 2005
Joe Lee
$5.0 million - 2004
Dell
Michael Dell
$0.96 million - 2010
$2.11 million - 2009
$2.0 million - 2008
$2.0 million - 2007
$153.2 million - 2006
Kevin Rollins
$6.3 million - 2005
Michael Dell
$3.4 millon - 2004
eBay
John Donahoe
$10.51 million - 2010
$4.65 million - 2009
$1.75 million - 2008
$2.1 million - 2007
Meg Whitman
$3.1 million - 2006
$2.9 million - 2005
$2.2 million - 2004
Ford Motor
Alan Mulally
$26.5 million - 2010
$3.34 million - 2009
$3.9 million - 2008
$12.0 million - 2007
$20.8 million - 2006
William Clay Ford, Jr.
$5.6 million - 2005
$182,000 - 2004
GameStop
J Paul Raines
$5.27 million - 2010
Daniel DeMatteo
$21.34 million - 2009
$25.2 million - 2008
$3.1 million - 2007
Gap
Glenn Murphy
$5.95 million - 2010
$5.04 million - 2009
$5.35 million - 2008
$4.0 million - 2007
Robert Fisher
N/A - 2006
Paul Pressler
$2.8 million - 2005
$5.0 million - 2004
General Motors
Daniel F. Akerson
$1.70 million - 2010
Kendall Powell
N/A - 2009
$2.3 million - 2008
Richard Wagoner
$2.1 million - 2007
$2.6 million - 2006
$8.5 million - 2005
$7.1 million - 2004
Goodyear
Robert Keegan
$6.83 million - 2010
$11.86 million - 2009
$6.77 million - 2008
$18.8 million - 2007
$11.5 million - 2006
$5.2 million - 2005
$853,000 - 2004
Larry Page
$0.00 million - 2010
Eric Schmidt
$250,000 - 2009
$510,000 - 2008
$480,000 - 2007
$560,000 - 2006
$86,000 - 2005
$86,000- 2004
Home Depot
Frank Blake
$10.5 million - 2010
$6.36 million - 2009
$3.1 million - 2008
$2.4 million - 2007
$2.3 million - 2006
Robert Nardelli
$22.8 million - 2005
$16.7 million - 2004
JC Penney
Mike Ullman
$4.84 million - 2010
$7.23 million - 2009
$5.4 million - 2008
$6.2 million - 2007
$7.4 million - 2006
Allen Questrom
$4.9 million - 2005
$9.0 million - 2004
Kohl's
Kevin Mansell
$5.59 million - 2010
$4.46 million - 2009
$1.2 mllion - 2008
$1.3 million - 2007
Lawrence Montgomery
$25.6 million - 2006
$8.8 million - 2005
$30.2 million - 2004
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1 Mike Jeffries 2008 compensation data N/A on the Forbes report, was obtained from a report by "The Corporate Library," and includes exercising stock options and vesting of retricted stock
2 Clarence Otis 2007 compensation data N/A on the Forbes report, was obtained from a report by the Orlando Sentinel
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