![CEOs pretty much pick the boards that give them salaries and bonuses. That's one of the reasons why the CEO-to-payment [ratio] has so sharply escalated in this country in contrast to Europe. (They're similar societies and it's bad enough there, but here we're in the stratosphere. ] There's no particular reason for it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/ceos-pretty-much-pick-the-boards-that-give-them-salaries-and-bonuses-thats-one.jpg)
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