{"id":47075,"date":"2016-11-25T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T14:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/financial-services\/best-worst-countries-rich-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:24:28","slug":"best-worst-countries-rich-ceo","status":"publish","type":[3762],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/financial-services\/best-worst-countries-rich-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst countries to be a rich CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <style>section[data-anchor=row-6a0c6c00a15ed]::before {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #eeeeee;\n\t\t\t}<\/style>\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--custom-color  bg--eeeeee text--black bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a0c6c00a15ed'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-bottom\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/financial-services\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Financial Services\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 24px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">The best and worst countries to be a rich CEO<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-compact row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a0c6c00a777c'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 40px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">November 25, 2016<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a0c6c00ac2c8'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><em>This article was written by Wei Lu ans Anders Melin for Bloomberg News. It appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>If your life\u2019s goal is to be a highly paid chief executive officer, the U.S. is the place. But if your dream is just to be richer than society, South Africa and India are great bets too.<\/p>\n<p>In either case, probably best to avoid Thailand, Poland and China.<\/p>\n<p>A Bloomberg ranking of CEO compensation at companies filling benchmark indexes in 25 of the world\u2019s largest economies shows the biggest paychecks &#8212; by far &#8212; are written in the U.S. Heads of S&amp;P 500 businesses get pay packages averaging $16.9 million, about 2.6 times more than what their counterparts reap abroad. In second-place Switzerland, CEOs get 1.6 times the average.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-center\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture110.jpg\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture110.jpg 658w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture110.jpg 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture110.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-center\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture111.jpg\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture111.jpg 664w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture111.jpg 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture111.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>In China, pay is 90 percent below the average &#8212; at least based on disclosures by companies in the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index. They typically report annual compensation of about $640,000. But heads of state-owned companies, for example, enjoy valuable perks including housing and entertainment that sometimes go unmentioned in filings.<\/p>\n<p>The deck gets shuffled a bit in a second Bloomberg ranking, comparing CEO pay to estimated income generated per person &#8212; a rough gauge of what chiefs get relative to the society where their companies are listed. That puts pay for CEOs in South Africa and India ahead of the U.S.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-center\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture112.jpg\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture112.jpg 665w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture112.jpg 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture112.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-center\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture113.jpg\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture113.jpg 660w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture113.jpg 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/10\/imported\/professional\/sites\/4\/Capture113.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>There are myriad reasons behind the international disparities in packages.<\/p>\n<p>One of most important is size. The U.S. is home to many of the world\u2019s largest publicly traded corporations.<\/p>\n<p>Cost of living explains some of it, too. It\u2019s much more expensive to live lavishly in North America and Western Europe than in places like Thailand, where CEOs take home roughly $60,000 &#8212; less than in every other nation ranked.<\/p>\n<p>In other cases, it\u2019s cultural. In Japan, big paychecks are <a title=\"Rule No. 1 for Scoring a Huge Payday in Japan: Don\u2019t Be Japanese\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-07-20\/rule-no-1-for-scoring-a-huge-payday-in-japan-don-t-be-japanese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">typically taboo<\/a> because they\u2019re considered a sign of greed.<\/p>\n<p>And taxes and regulations matter.<\/p>\n<p>Pay for top U.S. executives has climbed quickly since the 1990s as boards increasingly used equity to reward bosses, letting companies take tax deductions for compensation linked to performance. Directors at global companies are under pressure from both investors who don\u2019t want to see bosses get rewarded if stocks don\u2019t go up, and executives who compare their paychecks with more highly-paid colleagues overseas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Income Inequality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In some places, growing pay levels have stoked the debate over income inequality, triggering a public backlash. Companies in countries including the U.K. and Spain now hold binding shareholder votes on executive pay every third year. The European Union moved in 2013 to limit performance-based awards at banks.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., businesses will at least be required to <a title=\"SEC Rules to Expose Highest Executive Pay Seen as Easily Gamed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-08-14\/sec-rules-to-expose-highest-executive-pay-seen-as-easily-gamed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disclose more<\/a>, comparing a CEO\u2019s pay with the median worker\u2019s starting in 2017. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to issue a temporary moratorium on new regulations that aren\u2019t \u201ccompelled by Congress or public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such comparisons aren\u2019t simple. Bloomberg\u2019s ranking of CEO pay against earnings across society bases income generated per person on gross domestic product per capita, adjusted for purchase-price parity. It\u2019s not a perfect measure: GDP measures just the value of goods and services produced, not how they were distributed.<\/p>\n<p>The figures show that CEOs in South Africa and India take home more than the estimated income generated by an average worker &#8212; out-earning their American colleagues on a relative basis.<\/p>\n<p>Each country\u2019s compensation figure is based on the average CEO pay package for companies in one major stock index, weighted by market capitalization. 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