Pay Packages Grow, Top Executives Have the President’s Ear -<br />The top 200 chief executives, who make more than last year, are holding meetings<br />with President Trump, who is considering rolling back Dodd-Frank regulations.<br />The biggest winner last year was Thomas M. Rutledge of Charter Communications, who pulled down a $98 million<br />pay package, according to the Equilar 200 highest-paid chief executive rankings, conducted for .<br />Last year, his total pay dropped to about $2.5 million, purely in salary, bonuses and other compensation,<br />but with no stock grant, the company’s stock proxy shows.<br />Michael Mitchell, a Mondelez spokesman, said the company’s compensation program is “well aligned with shareholders’ long-term interests.”<br />But Mr. Rees said the company’s failure to hit certain performance targets,<br />and a 13 percent decline in Mondelez revenue last year, accounted for the decline in her compensation, adding that her pay package was still too high.<br />Since Inauguration Day, President Donald J. Trump has met with at least 307 chief executives of American companies, 41<br />of whom were among the 200 highest-paid C. E.O.s in 2016, as calculated by Equilar, a compensation analysis company.<br />Average compensation for the 200 highest-paid executives list — which changes from year to year — rose about 2 percent, to $19.7 million, from 2015.
