Executive-Compensation

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Fired Over 737 MAX Disasters, Keeps $62 Million Despite 346 Deaths

| Importance: 9/10

Boeing’s Board of Directors fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg on December 23, 2019, over his handling of the 737 MAX crisis that killed 346 people in two crashes. Despite presiding over the deadliest corporate safety scandal in aviation history, Muilenburg departed with approximately $62 million in …

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Stumpf Resigns as CEO, Retains Over $130 Million in Compensation

| Importance: 8/10

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf resigns effective immediately, ending his 34-year career at the bank amid the fake accounts scandal. Despite calls from Senator Elizabeth Warren and others for him to forfeit his compensation and face criminal charges, Stumpf departs with approximately $130-137 million in …

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Wells Fargo Claws Back $41 Million from Stumpf's Compensation

| Importance: 7/10

Following intense Congressional pressure and public outrage, Wells Fargo announces that CEO John Stumpf will forfeit $41 million in unvested stock awards and his 2016 salary and bonus. The clawback represents the board’s first attempt to impose financial consequences on senior leadership for …

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Northrop Grumman Pays $11.4 Million for Illegally Billing Executive Compensation to Federal Contracts

| Importance: 8/10

Northrop Grumman Corporation paid the United States $11.4 million to settle government claims that it violated a 2002 settlement agreement with the Defense Contract Management Agency by improperly charging federal contracts for deferred compensation awards to key executives, demonstrating how …

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