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Methodology
We reviewed the corporate governance and compensation practices of 100 of the largest
U.S. public, non-controlled companies that have equity securities listed on the NYSE or
Nasdaq. These companies were selected based on a combination of their latest annual
revenues and market capitalizations and are referred to as the "Top 100 Companies."
We derived the data in this Survey from publicly available sources described below,
that were available as of June 1, 2020 (except where otherwise noted).
Annie P. Anderson
Sophie Barnett
Katherine Bartley
Nicole Bennewies
Maxmilien R. Bradley
Melisa Brower
Carly Cha
Allan Collins
Jane Collins
Reuben Dacher-Shapiro
Mark A. Dunham, Jr.
Thomas Eikenbrod
Margaret Eleazar-Smith
Shearman & Sterling Would Like to Acknowledge the Following Individuals for
Their Contributions to This Survey:
Crystal Gao
Fuyu Gao
Jai Garg
Jess Gorski
Alexander Grynszpan
Desta Hailu
Meaghan Jerrett
Sonia S. Khandekar
Jingjing Liang
Alexa Major
Ilya Mamin
Joseph Morrone
Nauka Patel
Polina Pristupa
Jessica Riley
Taina Rosa
K.J. Salameh
Frederick Shanks
Amit Singh
Anna Stillman
Teri Tillman
Jacquelyn Watson
Matthew Weston
Jenny Xia
Catherine Zachry
Surveyed Documents: Industries of Surveyed Companies
Company Charters and Bylaws
Annual Proxy Statements
Corporate Governance Guidelines
Board Committee Charters
Corporate Social Responsibility
Reports and Websites
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Energy
Industrials
Financial services
Healthcare
Retail/consumer products
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