1 The Northern Pacific Railway (NP) completed the third independent transcontinental railroad on August 22, 1883, linking Chicago with Seattle. 2  The Completion Ceremony was held on September 8, 1883, with former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant contributing to driving the Final Spike.
The average pay package last year was $22.6 million, up from $20.7 million in 2013, according to an analysis of companies' proxy disclosures by executive-compensation data firm Equilar. The average gain in total compensation for the 200 highest-paid U.S. CEOs worked out to 9.1 percent last year.
The study found that female CEOs had a median pay package that exceeded that of male CEOs by $1.2 million: the female median was $11.7 million compared to a $10.5 million median for men, the study found.However, of the 337 executives polled for the study, only 12 were women.he study found that female CEOs had a median pay package that exceeded that of male CEOs by $1.2 million: the female median was $11.7 million compared to a $10.5 million median for men, the study found.