@haj, because they can get away with it, they base their theft on the size of the company, not what their actions did to improve the bottom line, if it did, most CEOs would get negative income.
Gutless politicans are to blame, look how small shareholders are being screwed by recent changes to ASX rules regarding capital raisings - Sophisticated Investors get New issues @ 30 % discounts. All ignored by politicans.
