The document provides an overview of a study analyzing CEO power in 150 public companies headquartered in Silicon Valley (the SV150). Key findings of the study include:
- Founder-CEOs are 10 times more common in the SV150 than in the S&P500.
- Over $2 billion in total CEO compensation was paid from 2013-2015, with a 46% growth in compensation over that period.
- 50% of CEO compensation value comes from stock awards. Management levels of ownership and voting power are much higher than in S&P100 companies.
- Nine companies from the original SV150 list have been acquired and de-listed in 2016, the most of any year tracked