{"id":1400,"date":"2014-09-16T10:54:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T09:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2014-09-16T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T10:00:46","slug":"10-fattest-cats-big-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"The 10 fattest cats in big business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/highpaycentre.org\/blog\/ftse-100-bosses-now-paid-an-average-143-times-as-much-as-their-employees\" target=\"_blank\">Stats from the High Pay Commission <\/a>think-tank have revealed that the CEOs of a number of FTSE 100 companies are being paid, on average, <strong>130 times more <\/strong>than their own employees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So while wages stagnate and the cost of living soars, these business execs have been lapping it up!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We name and shame the 10 worst offending FTSE 100 CEOs, the fattest cats in big business&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. WPP CEO Martin Sorrell<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dramatic.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1404\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dramatic.gif\" alt=\"dramatic\" width=\"440\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Paid \u00c2\u014129.8m*<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>780 times more than average WPP employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Next CEO Lord Simon Wolfson**\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fattest.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1401\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/fattest.gif\" alt=\"fattest\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01414.6m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>459 times more than average Next employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Compass CEO Richard Cousins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/catflap21.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1412\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/catflap21.gif\" alt=\"catflap2\" width=\"300\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01415.5m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>418 times more than average Compass employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Whitbread CEO Andy Harrison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lazy.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1415\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lazy.gif\" alt=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01416.4m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>415 times more than average Whitbread employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. TUI Travel CEO\u00c2\u00a0Peter Long<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cantsee.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1416\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cantsee.gif\" alt=\"cantsee\" width=\"317\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u014110.1m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>377 times more than average TUI employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> <strong>SAB Miller CEO Alan Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/falls.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1419\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/falls.gif\" alt=\"falls\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01416.5m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>365 times more than average SAB Miller employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Associated British Food CEO George Weston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Scratch.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1420\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Scratch.gif\" alt=\"Scratch\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01415.3m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>361 times more than average ABF employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Unilever CEO\u00c2\u00a0Paul Polman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/rolling.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1421\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/rolling.gif\" alt=\"rolling\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01416.4m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>269 times more than average Unilever employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. G4S CEO Ashley Almanza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sleeping.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1422\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sleeping.gif\" alt=\"sleeping\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01412m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>266 times more than average G4S employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Anglo-American CEO&#8217;s Mark Cutifani and Cynthia Carroll***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lazycat.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1423\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lazycat.gif\" alt=\"lazycat\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paid \u00c2\u01416.8m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>247 times more than average Anglo-American employee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>* CEO pay figures rounded to 1dp<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>**Wolfson donated annual bonus element of his pay package to staff \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>***Cumulative total paid for CEO role<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All data based on <a href=\"http:\/\/highpaycentre.org\/blog\/ftse-100-bosses-now-paid-an-average-143-times-as-much-as-their-employees\" target=\"_blank\">High Pay Centre research<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We name and shame the fat cats drinking all the cream&#8230;<br \/>\nStats from the High Pay Commission think-tank have revealed that the CEOs of a number of FTSE 100 companies are being paid, on average, 130 times more than their own employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[97,96],"wps_subtitle":"We name and shame the fat cats drinking all the cream","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions\/1438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}