GM's Akerson among CEOs at bailed out companies ordered to take a pay cut
Dan Akerson with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range at General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Akerson takes over as CEO of General Motors Company on Wednesday, September 1, …
Photographer: Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors
Posted: 04/06/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top executives at three companies bailed out by U.S. taxpayers during the 2008 financial crisis were ordered to take pay cuts by the federal government.
The Treasury Department says nearly 70 executives at American International Group Inc., Ally Financial Inc. and General Motors Co. had their annual compensation reduced by 10 percent. The CEOs of each company had their pay frozen at 2011 levels.
All three companies have yet to repay what they received from the $700 billion bailout and therefore are subject to pay cuts.
AIG still owes taxpayers around $50 billion. General Motors owes about $25 billion. Ally Financial about $12 billion.
Even with the compensation freeze, the chief executives are expected to be well paid this year.
General Motors CEO Daniel F. Akerson is expected to earn $9 million in stock and salary this year. Ally Financial's CEO Michael A. Carpenter is set to earn $9.5 million in total compensation. AIG CEO Robert Benmosche will make $10.5 million.
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