Should it come as a surprise that those CEOs who fired the most people last year made the most money? The Institute for Policy Studies published a study today that showed that those CEOs who made the largest layoffs made about 50% more—$12 million in 2009, compared to an average of $8.4 million for all blue chip CEOs.
And if you are wondering who the worst offenders were, the Institute has obliged by providing what Fortune calls a list of the “10 most heartless CEOs.” Click to the full story for a list of 2009's top corporate Scrooges.
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