Boeing's James McNerney

Boeing's James McNerney

Total perks: $928,679

Boeing (BA) CEO James McNerney got $47,000 for the personal use of a company car in 2011. McNerney also received $450,000 for personal use of the corporate jet and $42,000 for tax-preparation help.

Boeing says McNerney's annual pay for each of the past three years was $19.4 million to $22.9 million, or well more than twice the $9.6 million median at S&P 500 companies, so you'd think he'd be able to pay for his own car and airfare. But rich perks are a pattern here. He got $798,400 worth last year, and $1 million worth the year before.

Behind the scenes, he also gets an "extraordinarily generous pension," says Vineeta Anand, chief research analyst at the AFL-CIO Office of Investment. His supplemental pension plan was valued by the company at $29 million last year. "We've had concerns about their compensation practices for some time," says Anand. 

In filings, the company responds that such pay and pension plans are needed to attract and keep "world-class executive talent." And last year, 93 per cent of shareholders approved McNerney's pay. Boeing stock has advanced 32.5 per cent since July 2005 when McNerney became CEO, compared with a 14 per cent gain for the S&P.

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