According to Bloomberg.com Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank earned $142 million dollars last year on stock options. What a sweet paycheck to bring home! Check out the article from Bloomberg.com http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&s=APJa4RxRWQ2FwaXRh
I am one of those people who believe that if an executive makes money for his shareholders, doesn't shortsightedly stoop to lay people off when there is a quarterly decline AND runs a company that offers a good and fair service to it's customers, then that CEO and his/her executives deserve the big payday.