All too often CEO pay is divorced from performance leading to bad CEOs being ridiculously overpaid. Also, having a good CEO can generate multiples of their com

All too often CEO pay is divorced from performance leading to bad CEOs being ridiculously overpaid. Also, having a good CEO can generate multiples of their compensation in value for the company. Both things can be true simultaneously. Therefore, it is more helpful to consider the performance of the company (relative to the industry) to judge whether a CEO is delivering rather than just the sticker price of their compensation.