Sentence examples for executive less from inspiring English sources

For once, Goldman, known for its big paydays, had grabbed the high ground by paying its chief executive less money.

Within weeks, Mr. Beck -- who had taken over from the longtime chief executive less than a year earlier -- was out.

Recruited by the board in 1994 as a consultant, Mr. Eck was appointed chief executive less than three years later.

Mr. Moss tendered his resignation as chief executive less than a week after 54 percent of Aviva shareholders voted against the company's remuneration report at their annual meeting.

In fact, his study of 114 companies indicated that boards with more outsiders actually deposed the top executive less frequently when the company was struggling financially.

But if the style is understated, the moves Mr. Palmisano has made since he became chief executive less than two years ago have been bold, even risky.

Nevertheless, these peers paid their executives less — a median of $4.8 million versus Hain's $6.5 million.

The idea was to shame companies that had excessively high executive compensation to either pay their chief executives less or their workers more.

One employee argued that paying executives less was a false economy: "You can complain about the marketplace — but you're in the market.

Most commentators agree that the City will be smaller and executives less well paid than during the boom years that have now turned to bust.

But in 1987 the top 0.01percentt earned only about 40percentt of what they do today, and top executives less than a fifth as much.